debian man page for makebdb

MAKEBDB(1)						      General Commands Manual							MAKEBDB(1)

NAME
       makebdb - Make a BerkeleyDB database from stdin

SYNOPSIS
       makebdb [options] bdbname

DESCRIPTION
       makebdb	allows	a  BerkeleyDB  database to be formed from input read from stdin. bdbname is the name of the BerkeleyDB database to create,
       ususally the name of this file will end in .db. If the file already exists is will be overwritten. The format of the input  is  key,  value
       pairs separated by a colon (:).

       Example:

       this is a key:this is a value

OPTIONS
       -h, --help:
	      Print usage information.

       -u, --undo:
	      Print content of database file, one entry a line.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for BerkeleyDB is available on the Sleepycat Software web site (http://www.sleepycat.com)

AUTHOR
       Original GDBM code by Horms <horms@verge.net.au>.  Modified for BerkeleyDB by Chris Stratford <chriss@pipex.net>.

								   30th May 2002							MAKEBDB(1)