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<title>Contents</title>

<para>The db package contains
<userinput>db_archive</userinput>,
<userinput>db_checkpoint</userinput>,
<userinput>db_deadlock</userinput>,
<userinput>db_dump</userinput>,
<userinput>db_load</userinput>,
<userinput>db_printlog</userinput>,
<userinput>db_recover</userinput>,
<userinput>db_stat</userinput>,
<userinput>db_upgrade</userinput> and
<userinput>db_verify</userinput>.

</para>

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<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>db_archive</title>
<para>db_archive prints the pathnames of log files that are no longer
in use.</para></sect3>


<sect3><title>db_checkpoint</title>
<para>db_checkpoint is a daemon process used to monitor and checkpoint
database logs.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>db_deadlock</title>
<para>db_deadlock is used to abort lock requests when deadlocks are
detected.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>db_dump</title>
<para>db_dump converts database files to a flat file format readable
by db_load.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>db_load</title>
<para>db_load is used to create database files from flat files created
with db_dump.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>db_printlog</title>
<para>db_printlog converts database log files to human readable
text.</para></sect3>


<sect3><title>db_recover</title>
<para>db_recover is used to restore a database to a consistent state
after a failure.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>db_stat</title>
<para>db_stat displays database environment statistics.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>db_upgrade</title>
<para>db_upgrade is used to upgrade database files to a newer version
of Berkeley DB.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>db_verify</title>
<para>db_verify is used to run consistency checks on database files.</para></sect3>

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