NS(8) NS(8) NAME ns - name server database SYNOPSIS /usr/ipc/mgrs/ns [ -m server ] [ -d ] DESCRIPTION Ns maintains a database of naming information, accessed by qns(7) and other programs. It should be run once from rc(8). The database is accessed through local service ns, or ser- vice server if option -m was specified. The file contains instructions for building the database. These instructions are lines of one of the following forms: #uusys file Read the named uucp Systems file. For entries using caller `ACU', add a database entry containing system telephone-number,tel uucp,svc For entries using caller `DK' or `DKH', add an entry containing system datakit-address,dk uucp,svc For any other entry, add system uucp,svc #inhost file For each line in the named 4BSD-style internet hosts file, add a database entry of the form ip-address,in hostname host-domain-name,dom #innet file For each line in the named 4BSD-style internet networks file, add a database entry of the form ip-net-address,in netname #include file Interpret the contents of file in the same format as ns.db. In all cases, file may be followed by a list of value,attribute pairs to be included with any database NS(8) NS(8) entries caused by that file. If the filename doesn't begin with `/', it is prefixed with /usr/ipc/lib. Blank lines and lines beginning with `#' followed by a space or tab are ignored. Any other lines are taken as literal database entries: a collection of value,attribute pairs separated by spaces. Each line is a single entry. The database is ephemeral; it is rebuilt whenever ns starts, when requested by qns reset, or when ns notices that ns.db or one of the files named therein has changed. Rebuilding can take several minutes, especially on a busy machine. During a rebuild, the server appears active but does not answer requests; calls will block until the rebuild fin- ishes. Ns leaves remarks in file There are more remarks if the -d option was used. FILES SEE ALSO ipc(3), qns(7)