[Chapter 3] 3.10 Hints
Author: Bryan Costales & Eric Allman
Date: 1999-02-04T00:04:33Z

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| Chapter 3 Databases |

## 3.10 Hints

-f and -N

  Must match between the configuration file's K line and the command-line run to execute makemap(1). But note that in most cases you probably don't want to use either switch.

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  Lookups on heavily loaded systems can be very slow. They can also be slow when the text file is extremely large. In either instance try to convert to an ndbm- or db-style database.

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