NEWDB(8zm)                                                          NEWDB(8zm)



NAME
       newdb - zmailer database builder

SYNOPSIS
       newdb  [[-l|-u] [-a] [-s] [-t dbtype]] dbfilename [inputfilename]

DESCRIPTION
       A  wrapper  to  makedb(8zm) supplying various default values from ZENV-
       variables, and doing database type specific file version  rotations  so
       that  data users can safely take into use a new version of the database
       at their earliest convenient moment.


ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       The script inherits ZCONFIG  environment  variable,  but  if  it  isn't
       available, a "configured in" default value will be used instead.


Z-ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       MAILBIN
              Where zmailer(1zm)'s component module binaries (and scripts) are
              located at

       DBTYPE What the the default database type to be used in the system,  if
              sysadmin hasn't chosen something else.


FILES
       /opt/mail/zmailer.conf     (ZCONFIG)
       /opt/mail/db/dbases.conf   (MAILSHARE/db/dbases.conf)


SEE ALSO
       makedb(8zm), zdbases.conf(5zm).  zmailer(1zm), zmailer.conf(5zm).

AUTHOR
       This program authored and copyright by:
          Matti Aarnio <mea@nic.funet.fi>



                                  2003-Aug-28                       NEWDB(8zm)