NAME

       makedb - Create simple DB database from textual input.

SYNOPSIS

       makedb [ options ] INPUT-FILE OUTPUT-FILE

       makedb [ options ] -o OUTPUT-FILE INPUT-FILE

       makedb [ options ] -u INPUT-FILE

DESCRIPTION

       This program is mainly used to generate database files for the libnss_db.so module for the
       Name Service Switch.

OPTIONS

       -f, --fold-case
               Convert key to lower case.

       -o, --output OUTPUT-FILE
               Write output to file OUTPUT-FILE

       -q, --quiet
               Do not print messages while building database.

       -u, --undo
               Print content of database file, one entry a line

       -?, --help
               Give help message.

       --usage Give a short usage message.

       -V, --version
               Print program version.

AUTHOR

       makedb was written by Ulrich Drepper for the GNU C Library.

       This manpage was written by Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux
       system.