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   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 =
  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.
  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
  31 Mark Wooding, <mdw@distorted.org.uk>