RedHat 9 (Linux i386) - man page for dbprocs (redhat section 8)

dbprocs(8)			    InterNetNews Documentation			       dbprocs(8)

NAME
       dbprocs - Start or stop ovdb housekeeping processes

SYNOPSYS
       dbprocs start

       dbprocs stop

DESCRIPTION
       dbprocs is a script that starts or stops housekeeping processes needed by ovdb.	These
       are: db_checkpoint and db_deadlock, which are assumed to be in $BERKELEY_DB_BINDIR.  The
       dbprocs script also periodically removes old log files.

       This command is normally called automatically by rc.news(8).

HISTORY
       Written by Heath Kehoe <hakehoe@avalon.net> for InterNetNews.

SEE ALSO
       ovdb(5), rc.news(8)

3rd Berkeley Distribution		     INN 2.3				       dbprocs(8)