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.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2002 Sendmail, Inc. and its suppliers.
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.\" $Sendmail: makemap.8,v 8.30 2002/06/27 23:41:04 gshapiro Exp $
.\"
.Dd October 21, 2008
.Dt MAKEMAP 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm makemap
.Nd create database maps for smtpd
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm makemap
.Ar mapdesc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
creates the database maps used by the keyed map lookups in
.Xr smtpd 8 .
It reads input from the
.Ar mapdesc
file and outputs them to
.Ar mapdesc.db .
.Pp
In all cases,
.Nm
reads lines from the standard input consisting of two
words separated by whitespace.
The first is the database key,
the second is the value.
.Pp
Notice: do
.Em not
use
.Nm
to create the aliases data base, but
.Xr newaliases 8
as the input formats differ for historical reasons.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr editmap 8 ,
.Xr newaliases 8 ,
.Xr smtpd 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command appeared in
.Ox 4.5
as a replacement for the
.Nm
command that was shipped with sendmail.
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