01-06-2004
Thanks for that. That works a treat!
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DPMGR(1) Quick Database Manager DPMGR(1)
NAME
dpmgr - administration utility for QDBM Depot
SYNOPSIS
dpmgr create [-s] [-bnum num] name
dpmgr put [-kx|-ki] [-vx|-vi|-vf] [-keep|-cat] [-na] name key val
dpmgr out [-kx|-ki] name key
dpmgr get [-nl] [-kx|-ki] [-start num] [-max num] [-ox] [-n] name key
dpmgr list [-nl] [-k|-v] [-ox] name
dpmgr optimize [-bnum num] [-na] name
dpmgr inform [-nl] name
dpmgr remove name
dpmgr repair name
dpmgr exportdb name file
dpmgr importdb name file
dpmgr snaffle [-kx|-ki] [-ox] [-n] name key
dpmgr version
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the dpmgr commands.
dpmgr is a utility for debugging Depot and its applications. It features editing and checking of a database. It can be used for database
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#depotcli.
-s make the file sparse.
-bnum num
specify the number of the elements of the bucket array.
-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 `DP_DKEEP'.
-cat specify the storing mode for `DP_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.
-n do not output the tailing newline.
-k output keys only.
-v output values only.
SEE ALSO
qdbm(3), dptsv(1), dpopen(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 DPMGR(1)