4.3BSD-UWisc/man/man8/ypmake.8

.\" @(#)ypmake.8 1.1 85/12/28 SMI; 
.TH YPMAKE 8 "13 September 1985"
.SH NAME
ypmake \- rebuild yellow pages database
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B "cd /etc/yp ; make"
[
.I map
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX  "ypmake command"  ""  "\fLypmake\fP \(em rebuild yellow pages database"
.IX  "rebuild yellow pages database"  ""  "rebuild yellow pages database \(em \fLypmake\fP"
.IX  "yellow pages"  "rebuild database"  ""  "rebuild database \(em \fLypmake\fP"
The file called
.I Makefile
in
.IR /etc/yp
is used by 
.I make
to build the yellow pages database.
With no arguments,
.I make
creates
.I dbm
databases for any YP maps that are out-of-date,
and then executes
.I yppush 
to notify slave databases that there has been a change.
.LP
If you supply a
.I map
on the command line,
.I make
will update that map only.
Typing
.I "make passwd"
will create and
.I yppush
the password database (assuming it is out of date).
Likewise,
.I "make hosts"
and
.I "make networks"
will create and
.I yppush
the host and network files,
.I /etc/hosts
and
.IR /etc/networks .
.LP
There are three special variables used by 
.IR make :
DIR, which gives the directory of the source files;
NOPUSH, which when non-null inhibits doing a
.I 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
.IR /etc ,
and the default for NOPUSH is
the null string.
.LP
Refer to ypfiles(5) and ypserv(8) for an overview of the yellow pages.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
make(1), makedbm(8), ypserv(8)