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--- a/contrib/sendmail/makemap/makemap.8
+++ b/contrib/sendmail/makemap/makemap.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2000 Sendmail, Inc. and its suppliers.
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2001 Sendmail, Inc. and its suppliers.
.\" All rights reserved.
.\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
.\" the sendmail distribution.
.\"
.\"
-.\" $Id: makemap.8,v 8.21.16.5 2000/12/29 18:12:20 gshapiro Exp $
+.\" $Id: makemap.8,v 8.29 2001/10/10 03:23:02 ca Exp $
.\"
-.TH MAKEMAP 8 "$Date: 2000/12/29 18:12:20 $"
+.TH MAKEMAP 8 "$Date: 2001/10/10 03:23:02 $"
.SH NAME
makemap
\- create database maps for sendmail
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ makemap
.RB [ \-o ]
.RB [ \-r ]
.RB [ \-s ]
+.RB [ \-t
+.IR delim ]
.RB [ \-u ]
.RB [ \-v ]
.I
@@ -77,6 +79,15 @@ Literal percents should be doubled
(``%%'').
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
@@ -138,13 +149,16 @@ Ignore safety checks on maps being created.
This includes checking for hard or symbolic
links in world writable directories.
.TP
+.B \-t
+Use the specified delimiter instead of white space.
+.TP
.B \-u
dump (unmap) the content of the database to standard output.
.TP
.B \-v
Verbosely print what it is doing.
.SH SEE ALSO
-sendmail(8)
+sendmail(8), newaliases(1)
.SH HISTORY
The
.B makemap
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