+.\" -*-nroff-*-
+.TH cdb-assign 1 "9 October 2003" "Straylight/Edgeware"
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B cdb-assign
+.I cdb
+.RI [ input ...]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+Constructs a CDB file (see
+.BR cdbmake (1),
+.BR cdbget (1))
+from mappings in the
+.I input
+files (or stdin if there are none).
+.PP
+No comments or blank lines are allowed. Lines must have the form
+.RI ` key \c
+.BR : \c
+.IR value '.
+Whitespace is preserved. This is intended to be used with autogenerated
+files rather than human-written ones.
+.PP
+The CDB file is written to
+.IB cdb .new
+and renamed to
+.I cdb
+when it's finished.
+.SH BUGS
+None known.
+.SH AUTHOR
+Mark Wooding, <mdw@nsict.org>