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Post 302073056 by jamos007 on Wednesday 10th of May 2006 12:39:07 AM
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crmgr
CRMGR(1) Quick Database Manager CRMGR(1) NAME
crmgr - administration utility for QDBM Curia SYNOPSIS
crmgr create [-s] [-bnum num ] [-dnum num] name crmgr put [-kx|-ki] [-vx|-vi|-vf] [-keep|-cat] [-lob] [-na] name key val crmgr out [-kx|-ki] [-lob] name key crmgr get [-nl] [-kx|-ki] [-start num] [-max num] [-ox] [-lob] [-n] name key crmgr list [-nl] [-k|-v] [-ox] name crmgr optimize [-bnum num] [-na] name crmgr inform [-nl] name crmgr remove name crmgr repair name crmgr exportdb name dir crmgr importdb name dir crmgr snaffle [-kx|-ki] [-ox] [-n] name key crmgr version DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the crmgr commands. crmgr is a utility for debugging Curia and its applications. It features editing and checking of a database. It can be used for the data- base applications with shell scripts. This command is used in the above format. name specifies a database name. key specifies the key of a record. val specifies the value of a record. OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below. For a complete description, see the file:///usr/share/doc/qdbm-doc/spex.html#curiacli. -s make the file sparse. -bnum num specify the number of the elements of the bucket array. -dnum num specify the number of division of the database. -kx treat key as a binary expression of hexadecimal notation. -ki treat key as an integer expression of decimal notation. -vx treat val as a binary expression of hexadecimal notation. -vi treat val as an integer expression of decimal notation. -vf read the value from a file specified with val. -keep specify the storing mode for `CR_DKEEP'. -cat specify the storing mode for `CR_DCAT'. -na do not set alignment. -nl open the database without file locking. -start specify the beginning offset of a value to fetch. -max specify the max size of a value to fetch. -ox treat the output as a binary expression of hexadecimal notation. -lob handle large objects. -n do not output the tailing newline. -k output keys only. -v output values only. SEE ALSO
qdbm(3), crtsv(1), curia(3), cropen(3). AUTHOR
QDBM was written by Mikio Hirabayashi <mikio@fallabs.com>. This manual page was written by Fumitoshi UKAI <ukai@debian.or.jp>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). Man Page 2005-05-23 CRMGR(1)