Section: User Commands (1)Updated: 30th May 2002Local indexUp
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)