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EDITMAP(8)		     System Manager's Manual		      EDITMAP(8)

NAME
     editmap - query and edit single records in database maps for sendmail

SYNOPSIS
     editmap [-C file] [-N] [-f] [-q|-u|-x] maptype mapname key [ "value ..." ]

DESCRIPTION
     Editmap  queries or edits one record in database maps used by the keyed map
     lookups in sendmail(8).  Arguments are passed on the command line and  out-
     put (for queries) is directed to standard output.

     Depending	on  how  it is compiled, editmap handles different database for-
     mats, selected using the maptype parameter.  They may be

     dbm    DBM format maps.  This requires the ndbm(3) library.

     btree  B-Tree format maps.  This requires the new Berkeley DB library.

     hash   Hash format maps.  This also requires the Berkeley DB library.

     cdb    CDB (Constant DataBase) format maps.  This requires the tinycdb  li-
	    brary.

     If the TrustedUser option is set in the sendmail configuration file and ed-
     itmap  is	invoked as root, the generated files will be owned by the speci-
     fied TrustedUser.

   Flags
     -C     Use the specified sendmail configuration file  for	looking  up  the
	    TrustedUser option.

     -N     Include  the null byte that terminates strings in the map (for alias
	    maps).

     -f     Normally all upper case letters in the key are folded to lower case.
	    This flag disables that behaviour.	This is intended  to  mesh  with
	    the  -f  flag in the K line in sendmail.cf.  The value is never case
	    folded.

     -q     Query the map for the specified key.  If found, print value to stan-
	    dard output and exit with 0.  If not found then print an error  mes-
	    sage to stdout and exit with EX_UNAVAILABLE.

     -u     Update  the record for key with value or inserts a new record if one
	    doesn't exist.  Exits with 0 on success or EX_IOERR on failure.

     -x     Deletes the specific key from the map.  Exits with 0 on  success  or
	    EX_IOERR on failure.

     SEE ALSO
	    sendmail(8), makemap(8)

HISTORY
     The editmap command has no history.

			  $Date: 2013-11-22 20:51:26 $		      EDITMAP(8)
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