makemap - create database maps for sendmail
makemap [-N] [-d] [-f] [-o] [-r] [-s] [-v] [-C file] [-c cachesize] [-D commentchar] [-e] [-l] [-t delim] [-u] mantype mapname
System Administration Commands makemap(8)
NAME
makemap - create database maps for sendmail
SYNOPSIS
makemap [-N] [-d] [-f] [-o] [-r] [-s] [-v] [-C file]
[-c cachesize] [-D commentchar] [-e] [-l] [-t delim]
[-u] mantype mapname
DESCRIPTION
makemap creates the database maps used by the keyed map lookups in
sendmail(8). makemap reads from the standard input and outputs to the
specified mapname.
In all cases, makemap reads lines from the standard input consisting of
two words separated by whitespace. The first is the database key, the
second is the value. The value may contain %n strings to indicated
parameter substitution. Literal percents should be doubled (%%). Blank
lines and lines beginning with # are ignored.
makemap handles three different database formats. Database format is
selected using the maptype parameter. See OPERANDS.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-c cachesize Use the specified hash and B-Tree cache size (cache-
size).
-C file Use the specified sendmail configuration file (file)
for looking up the TrustedUser option.
-d Allow duplicate keys in the map. This is only allowed
on B-Tree format maps. If two identical keys are
read, both be inserted into the map.
-D commentchar Use the specified character to indicate a comment
(which is ignored) instead of the default of '#'.
-e Allow empty value (right hand side).
-f Normally, all upper case letters in the key are
folded to lower case. This flag disables that behav-
ior. This is intended to mesh with the -f flag in the
K line in sendmail.cf. The value is never case
folded.
-l List supported map types.
-N Include the null byte that terminates strings in the
map. This must match the -N flag in the K line in
sendmail.cf
-o Append to an old file. This allows you to augment an
existing file.
-r Allow replacement of existing keys. Normally makemap
complains if you repeat a key, and does not do the
insert.
-s Ignore safety checks on maps being created. This
includes checking for hard or symbolic links in world
writable directories.
-t delim Use the specified delimiter (delim) instead of white-
space.
-u Dump (unmap) the content of the database to standard
output. Note that, if the -t option is also provided,
the specified delimiter is used when the content is
dumped instead of whitespace.
-v Verbosely print what it is doing.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
mapname File name of the database map being created.
maptype Specifies the database format. The following maptype parame-
ters are available:
dbm Specifies DBM format maps.
btree Specifies B-Tree format maps.
hash Specifies hash format maps.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+------------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------+
|Availability |service/network/smtp/sendmail |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------+
SEE ALSO
attributes(7), editmap(8), sendmail(8)
Solaris 11.4 8 Mar 2016 makemap(8)