YPMAKE(8)

NAME
ypmake - rebuild yellow pages database

SYNOPSIS
cd /etc/yp ; make [ map ]

DESCRIPTION
The file called Makefile in /etc/yp is used by make to build the yellow pages database. With no arguments, make creates dbm databases for any YP maps that are out-of-date and executes yppush to notify slave databases that there has been a change.

If you supply a map on the command line, make only updates that map. Typing make passwd creates and yppushes the password database (assuming it is out of date). Likewise, make hosts and make networks creates and yppushes the host and network files, /etc/hosts and /etc/networks, respectively.

There are three special variables used by make: DIR, which gives the directory of the source files; NOPUSH, which when non-null inhibits doing a yppush of the new database files; and DOM, used to construct a domain other than the master's default domain. The default for DIR is /etc, and the default for NOPUSH is the null string.

Refer to ypfiles(5) and ypserv(8) for an overview of the yellow pages.

SEE ALSO
make(1), makedbm(8), ypserv(8)