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f342fce2 | 1 | .\" -*-nroff-*- |
2 | .TH cdb-assign 1 "9 October 2003" "Straylight/Edgeware" | |
3 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
4 | .B cdb-assign | |
5 | .I cdb | |
6 | .RI [ input ...] | |
7 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
8 | Constructs a CDB file (see | |
9 | .BR cdbmake (1), | |
10 | .BR cdbget (1)) | |
11 | from the assignments in the | |
12 | .I input | |
13 | files (or stdin if there are none). | |
14 | .PP | |
15 | Comments and blank lines in the inputs are ignored; other lines must | |
16 | have the form | |
17 | .RI ` key | |
18 | .B = | |
3b47a648 MW |
19 | .IR value '. |
20 | Leading and trailing spaces in each are stripped. This is a convenient | |
21 | tool for building simple CBD files, rather than comprehensive one. | |
f342fce2 | 22 | .PP |
23 | The CDB file is written to | |
24 | .IB cdb .new | |
25 | and renamed to | |
26 | .I cdb | |
27 | when it's finished. | |
28 | .SH BUGS | |
29 | None known. | |
30 | .SH AUTHOR | |
71d8432e | 31 | Mark Wooding, <mdw@distorted.org.uk> |