debian man page for debbugs-dbhash

DEBBUGS-DBHASH(8)					      System Manager's Manual						 DEBBUGS-DBHASH(8)

NAME
       debbugs-dbhash - migrate a debbugs database to hashed format

SYNOPSIS
       debbugs-dbhash old-db-directory new-db-directory

DESCRIPTION
       debbugs-dbhash converts an old-style flat debbugs database into a new-style hashed-directory debbugs database, for use with debbugs 2.4 and
       above.

       The old database is simply copied, and otherwise left untouched.  The directory given for the new database must not already exist.

       In the hashed format, files with names of the form 1023.log are now stored as 23/1023.log  instead.   This  improves  performance  on  many
       filesystems for debbugs installations with large numbers of bug reports.

WARNINGS
       debbugs-dbhash  will print a warning message for each file whose name is of a form that cannot be hashed as above.  Typical debbugs instal-
       lations will have a few of these, usually index files and the like.

AUTHORS
       Adam Heath is primarily responsible for the hashed directory support in debbugs.  Colin Watson wrote debbugs-dbhash and this man page.

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