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[b06ca36] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[fa21b3d] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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[54e422c1] | 7 |
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[fa21b3d] | 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-db" role="wrap">
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[54e422c1] | 9 | <?dbhtml filename="db.html"?>
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| 10 |
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[e747759] | 11 | <sect1info condition="script">
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| 12 | <productname>db</productname>
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| 13 | <productnumber>&db-version;</productnumber>
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| 14 | <address>&db-url;</address>
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| 15 | </sect1info>
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| 16 |
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[54e422c1] | 17 | <title>Berkeley DB-&db-version;</title>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-db">
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| 20 | <primary sortas="a-Berkeley-DB">Berkeley DB</primary>
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| 21 | </indexterm>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 24 | <title/>
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[fa21b3d] | 25 |
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[54e422c1] | 26 | <para>The Berkeley DB package contains programs and utilities used by many
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| 27 | other applications for database related functions.</para>
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[fa21b3d] | 28 |
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[54e422c1] | 29 | <segmentedlist>
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| 30 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 31 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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[fa21b3d] | 32 |
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[54e422c1] | 33 | <seglistitem>
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[e4a5635] | 34 | <seg>&db-ch6-sbu;</seg>
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| 35 | <seg>&db-ch6-du;</seg>
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[54e422c1] | 36 | </seglistitem>
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| 37 | </segmentedlist>
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[fa21b3d] | 38 |
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[54e422c1] | 39 | <tip>
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[a8e53b47] | 40 | <title>Other Installation Possibilities</title>
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[fa21b3d] | 41 |
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[b55b3c4] | 42 | <para>There are instructions to build this package in the BLFS book if you
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| 43 | need to build the RPC server or additional language bindings. The
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| 44 | additional language bindings will require additional packages to be
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| 45 | installed. See <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/svn/server/databases.html#db"/>
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| 46 | for suggested installation instructions.</para>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <para>Also, GDBM <emphasis>could</emphasis> be used in place of Berkeley
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| 49 | DB to satisfy Man-DB. However, since Berkeley DB is considered a core part
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| 50 | of the LFS build, it will not be listed as a dependency for any package in
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[d8af60f] | 51 | the BLFS book. Likewise, many hours go into testing LFS with Berkeley DB
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| 52 | installed, not with GDBM. If you fully understand the risks versus
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[b55b3c4] | 53 | benefits of using GDBM and wish to use it anyway, see the BLFS
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[d8af60f] | 54 | instructions located at <ulink
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| 55 | url="&blfs-root;view/svn/general/gdbm.html"/></para>
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[e4a5635] | 56 |
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[54e422c1] | 57 | </tip>
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[fa21b3d] | 58 |
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[54e422c1] | 59 | </sect2>
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| 60 |
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| 61 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 62 | <title>Installation of Berkeley DB</title>
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| 63 |
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[24acdca] | 64 | <para>There is an upstream patch for Berkeley DB that fixes a race condition. Apply it:</para>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&db-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
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| 67 |
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[54e422c1] | 68 | <para>Prepare Berkeley DB for compilation:</para>
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[fa21b3d] | 69 |
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[0445a3d] | 70 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">cd build_unix
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[fa21b3d] | 71 | ../dist/configure --prefix=/usr --enable-compat185 --enable-cxx</userinput></screen>
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| 72 |
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[54e422c1] | 73 | <variablelist>
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| 74 | <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
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[fa21b3d] | 75 |
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[54e422c1] | 76 | <varlistentry>
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| 77 | <term><parameter>--enable-compat185</parameter></term>
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| 78 | <listitem>
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| 79 | <para>This option enables building Berkeley DB 1.85 compatibility
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| 80 | API.</para>
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| 81 | </listitem>
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| 82 | </varlistentry>
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[fa21b3d] | 83 |
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[54e422c1] | 84 | <varlistentry>
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| 85 | <term><parameter>--enable-cxx</parameter></term>
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| 86 | <listitem>
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| 87 | <para>This option enables building C++ API libraries.</para>
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| 88 | </listitem>
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| 89 | </varlistentry>
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[fa21b3d] | 90 |
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[54e422c1] | 91 | </variablelist>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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[fa21b3d] | 94 |
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[0445a3d] | 95 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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[fa21b3d] | 96 |
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[54e422c1] | 97 | <para>It is not possible to test the package meaningfully, because
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| 98 | that would involve building TCL bindings. TCL bindings cannot be
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| 99 | built properly now because TCL is linked against Glibc in
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| 100 | <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>, not against Glibc in
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| 101 | <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>.</para>
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[fa21b3d] | 102 |
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[54e422c1] | 103 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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[fa21b3d] | 104 |
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[0445a3d] | 105 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make docdir=/usr/share/doc/db-&db-version; install</userinput></screen>
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[fa21b3d] | 106 |
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[54e422c1] | 107 | <variablelist>
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| 108 | <title>The meaning of the make parameter:</title>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <varlistentry>
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| 111 | <term><parameter>docdir=...</parameter></term>
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| 112 | <listitem>
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| 113 | <para>This variable specifies the correct place for the
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| 114 | documentation.</para>
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| 115 | </listitem>
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| 116 | </varlistentry>
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[fa21b3d] | 117 |
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[54e422c1] | 118 | </variablelist>
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[fa21b3d] | 119 |
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[2c69ed4] | 120 | <para>Fix the ownership of the installed documentation:</para>
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[fa21b3d] | 121 |
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[0445a3d] | 122 | <screen><userinput remap="install">chown -Rv root:root /usr/share/doc/db-&db-version;</userinput></screen>
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[fa21b3d] | 123 |
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[54e422c1] | 124 | </sect2>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <sect2 id="contents-db" role="content">
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| 127 | <title>Contents of Berkeley DB</title>
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| 128 |
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| 129 | <segmentedlist>
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| 130 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 131 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <seglistitem>
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| 134 | <seg>db_archive, db_checkpoint, db_deadlock, db_dump, db_hotbackup,
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| 135 | db_load, db_printlog, db_recover, db_stat, db_upgrade, and db_verify</seg>
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[0090db5] | 136 | <seg>libdb.{so,ar}and libdb_cxx.r{o,ar}</seg>
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[54e422c1] | 137 | </seglistitem>
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| 138 | </segmentedlist>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <variablelist>
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| 141 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 142 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 143 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 144 |
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| 145 | <varlistentry id="db_archive">
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| 146 | <term><command>db_archive</command></term>
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| 147 | <listitem>
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| 148 | <para>Prints the pathnames of log files that are no longer in use</para>
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| 149 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-db db_archive">
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| 150 | <primary sortas="b-db_archive">db_archive</primary>
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| 151 | </indexterm>
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| 152 | </listitem>
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| 153 | </varlistentry>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <varlistentry id="db_checkpoint">
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| 156 | <term><command>db_checkpoint</command></term>
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| 157 | <listitem>
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| 158 | <para>A daemon used to monitor and checkpoint database logs</para>
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| 159 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-db db_checkpoint">
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| 160 | <primary sortas="b-db_checkpoint">db_checkpoint</primary>
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| 161 | </indexterm>
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| 162 | </listitem>
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| 163 | </varlistentry>
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| 164 |
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| 165 | <varlistentry id="db_deadlock">
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| 166 | <term><command>db_deadlock</command></term>
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| 167 | <listitem>
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| 168 | <para>A daemon used to abort lock requests when deadlocks are
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| 169 | detected</para>
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| 170 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-db db_deadlock">
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| 171 | <primary sortas="b-db_deadlock">db_deadlock</primary>
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| 172 | </indexterm>
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| 173 | </listitem>
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| 174 | </varlistentry>
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| 175 |
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| 176 | <varlistentry id="db_dump">
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| 177 | <term><command>db_dump</command></term>
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| 178 | <listitem>
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| 179 | <para>Converts database files to a plain-text file format readable
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| 180 | by <command>db_load</command></para>
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| 181 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-db db_dump">
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| 182 | <primary sortas="b-db_dump">db_dump</primary>
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| 183 | </indexterm>
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| 184 | </listitem>
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| 185 | </varlistentry>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | <varlistentry id="db_hotbackup">
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| 188 | <term><command>db_hotbackup</command></term>
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| 189 | <listitem>
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| 190 | <para>Creates <quote>hot backup</quote> or <quote>hot failover</quote>
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| 191 | snapshots of Berkeley DB databases</para>
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| 192 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-db db_hotbackup">
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| 193 | <primary sortas="b-db_hotbackup">db_hotbackup</primary>
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| 194 | </indexterm>
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| 195 | </listitem>
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| 196 | </varlistentry>
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| 197 |
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| 198 | <varlistentry id="db_load">
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| 199 | <term><command>db_load</command></term>
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| 200 | <listitem>
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| 201 | <para>Is used to create database files from plain-text files</para>
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| 202 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-db db_load">
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| 203 | <primary sortas="b-db_load">db_load</primary>
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| 204 | </indexterm>
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| 205 | </listitem>
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| 206 | </varlistentry>
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| 207 |
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| 208 | <varlistentry id="db_printlog">
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| 209 | <term><command>db_printlog</command></term>
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| 210 | <listitem>
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| 211 | <para>Converts database log files to human readable text</para>
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| 212 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-db db_printlog">
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| 213 | <primary sortas="b-db_printlog">db_printlog</primary>
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| 214 | </indexterm>
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| 215 | </listitem>
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| 216 | </varlistentry>
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| 217 |
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| 218 | <varlistentry id="db_recover">
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| 219 | <term><command>db_recover</command></term>
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| 220 | <listitem>
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| 221 | <para>Is used to restore a database to a consistent state after a
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| 222 | failure</para>
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| 223 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-db db_recover">
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| 224 | <primary sortas="b-db_recover">db_recover</primary>
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| 225 | </indexterm>
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| 226 | </listitem>
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| 227 | </varlistentry>
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| 228 |
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| 229 | <varlistentry id="db_stat">
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| 230 | <term><command>db_stat</command></term>
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| 231 | <listitem>
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| 232 | <para>Displays statistics for Berkeley databases</para>
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| 233 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-db db_stat">
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| 234 | <primary sortas="b-db_stat">db_stat</primary>
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| 235 | </indexterm>
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| 236 | </listitem>
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| 237 | </varlistentry>
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| 238 |
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| 239 | <varlistentry id="db_upgrade">
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| 240 | <term><command>db_upgrade</command></term>
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| 241 | <listitem>
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| 242 | <para>Is used to upgrade database files to a newer version of
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| 243 | Berkeley DB</para>
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| 244 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-db db_upgrade">
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| 245 | <primary sortas="b-db_upgrade">db_upgrade</primary>
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| 246 | </indexterm>
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| 247 | </listitem>
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| 248 | </varlistentry>
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| 249 |
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| 250 | <varlistentry id="db_verify">
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| 251 | <term><command>db_verify</command></term>
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| 252 | <listitem>
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| 253 | <para>Is used to run consistency checks on database files</para>
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| 254 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-db db_verify">
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| 255 | <primary sortas="b-db_verify">db_verify</primary>
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| 256 | </indexterm>
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| 257 | </listitem>
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| 258 | </varlistentry>
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| 259 |
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| 260 |
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| 261 | <varlistentry id="libdb">
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[0090db5] | 262 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libdb.{so,a}</filename></term>
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[54e422c1] | 263 | <listitem>
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| 264 | <para>Contains functions to manipulate database files from C
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| 265 | programs</para>
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| 266 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-db libdb">
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| 267 | <primary sortas="c-libdb">libdb</primary>
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| 268 | </indexterm>
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| 269 | </listitem>
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| 270 | </varlistentry>
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| 271 |
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| 272 | <varlistentry id="libdb_cxx">
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[0090db5] | 273 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libdb_cxx.{so,a}</filename></term>
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[54e422c1] | 274 | <listitem>
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| 275 | <para>Contains functions to manipulate database files from C++
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| 276 | programs</para>
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| 277 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-db libdb_cxx">
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| 278 | <primary sortas="c-libdb_cxx">libdb_cxx</primary>
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| 279 | </indexterm>
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| 280 | </listitem>
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| 281 | </varlistentry>
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| 282 |
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| 283 | </variablelist>
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| 284 |
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| 285 | </sect2>
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[fa21b3d] | 286 |
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| 287 | </sect1>
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