--- sendmail-8.12.9/makemap/makemap.8.orig Sat May 3 01:07:48 2008 +++ sendmail-8.12.9/makemap/makemap.8 Sun Jan 12 05:42:06 2014 @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ .RB [ \-v ] .I maptype mapnam + .SH DESCRIPTION .B Makemap creates the database maps used by the keyed map lookups in @@ -52,18 +53,18 @@ parameter. They may be .TP -dbm +.B dbm DBM format maps. This requires the -ndbm(3) +\fBndbm\fR(3C) library. .TP -btree +.B btree B-Tree format maps. This requires the new Berkeley DB library. .TP -hash +.B hash Hash format maps. This also requires the Berkeley DB library. @@ -81,15 +82,6 @@ (``%%''). Blank lines and lines beginning with ``#'' are ignored. .PP -Notice: do -.B not -use -.B makemap -to create the aliases data base, but -.B newaliases -which puts a special token into the data base that is required by -.B sendmail. -.PP If the .I TrustedUser option is set in the sendmail configuration file and @@ -97,9 +89,10 @@ is invoked as root, the generated files will be owned by the specified .IR TrustedUser. -.SS Flags + +.SH OPTIONS .TP -.B \-C +\fB-C\fR \fIfile\fR Use the specified .B sendmail configuration file for looking up the TrustedUser option. @@ -110,10 +103,10 @@ This must match the \-N flag in the sendmail.cf ``K'' line. .TP -.B \-c +\fB-c\fR \fIsize\fR Use the specified hash and B-Tree cache size. .TP -.B \-D +\fB-D\fR \fIchar\fR Use to specify the character to use to indicate a comment (which is ignored) instead of the default of '#'. .TP @@ -155,7 +148,7 @@ This includes checking for hard or symbolic links in world writable directories. .TP -.B \-t +\fB-d\fR \fIchar\fR Use the specified delimiter instead of white space (also for dumping a map). .TP @@ -164,8 +157,16 @@ .TP .B \-v Verbosely print what it is doing. + .SH SEE ALSO -sendmail(8), newaliases(1) +\fBeditmap\fR(8), \fBsendmail\fR(8), \fBnewaliases\fR(8) + +.SH NOTES +.LP +Do \fBnot\fR use \fBmakemap\fR to create the aliases data base, but +\fBnewaliases\fR(8) which puts a special token into the data base that is +required by \fBsendmail\fR. + .SH HISTORY The .B makemap