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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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| 11 | <title>Berkeley DB-&db-version;</title>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-db">
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| 14 | <primary sortas="a-Berkeley-DB">Berkeley DB</primary>
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| 15 | </indexterm>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 18 | <title/>
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[fa21b3d] | 19 |
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[54e422c1] | 20 | <para>The Berkeley DB package contains programs and utilities used by many
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| 21 | other applications for database related functions.</para>
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[fa21b3d] | 22 |
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[54e422c1] | 23 | <segmentedlist>
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| 24 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 25 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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[fa21b3d] | 26 |
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[54e422c1] | 27 | <seglistitem>
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[e4a5635] | 28 | <seg>&db-ch6-sbu;</seg>
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| 29 | <seg>&db-ch6-du;</seg>
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[54e422c1] | 30 | </seglistitem>
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| 31 | </segmentedlist>
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[fa21b3d] | 32 |
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[54e422c1] | 33 | <tip>
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[a8e53b47] | 34 | <title>Other Installation Possibilities</title>
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[fa21b3d] | 35 |
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[b55b3c4] | 36 | <para>There are instructions to build this package in the BLFS book if you
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| 37 | need to build the RPC server or additional language bindings. The
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| 38 | additional language bindings will require additional packages to be
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| 39 | installed. See <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/svn/server/databases.html#db"/>
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| 40 | for suggested installation instructions.</para>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <para>Also, GDBM <emphasis>could</emphasis> be used in place of Berkeley
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| 43 | DB to satisfy Man-DB. However, since Berkeley DB is considered a core part
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| 44 | of the LFS build, it will not be listed as a dependency for any package in
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[d8af60f] | 45 | the BLFS book. Likewise, many hours go into testing LFS with Berkeley DB
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| 46 | installed, not with GDBM. If you fully understand the risks versus
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[b55b3c4] | 47 | benefits of using GDBM and wish to use it anyway, see the BLFS
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[d8af60f] | 48 | instructions located at <ulink
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| 49 | url="&blfs-root;view/svn/general/gdbm.html"/></para>
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[e4a5635] | 50 |
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[54e422c1] | 51 | </tip>
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[fa21b3d] | 52 |
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[54e422c1] | 53 | </sect2>
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| 54 |
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| 55 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 56 | <title>Installation of Berkeley DB</title>
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| 57 |
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[c6a996f] | 58 | <para>Apply a patch to Berkeley DB to fix a couple of bugs when accessing
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| 59 | databases via its Java API:</para>
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| 60 |
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| 61 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&db-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
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| 62 |
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[54e422c1] | 63 | <para>Prepare Berkeley DB for compilation:</para>
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[fa21b3d] | 64 |
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| 65 | <screen><userinput>cd build_unix &&
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| 66 | ../dist/configure --prefix=/usr --enable-compat185 --enable-cxx</userinput></screen>
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| 67 |
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[54e422c1] | 68 | <variablelist>
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| 69 | <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
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[fa21b3d] | 70 |
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[54e422c1] | 71 | <varlistentry>
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| 72 | <term><parameter>--enable-compat185</parameter></term>
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| 73 | <listitem>
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| 74 | <para>This option enables building Berkeley DB 1.85 compatibility
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| 75 | API.</para>
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| 76 | </listitem>
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| 77 | </varlistentry>
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[fa21b3d] | 78 |
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[54e422c1] | 79 | <varlistentry>
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| 80 | <term><parameter>--enable-cxx</parameter></term>
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| 81 | <listitem>
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| 82 | <para>This option enables building C++ API libraries.</para>
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| 83 | </listitem>
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| 84 | </varlistentry>
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[fa21b3d] | 85 |
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[54e422c1] | 86 | </variablelist>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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[fa21b3d] | 89 |
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[693e2fb] | 90 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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[fa21b3d] | 91 |
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[54e422c1] | 92 | <para>It is not possible to test the package meaningfully, because
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| 93 | that would involve building TCL bindings. TCL bindings cannot be
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| 94 | built properly now because TCL is linked against Glibc in
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| 95 | <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>, not against Glibc in
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| 96 | <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>.</para>
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[fa21b3d] | 97 |
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[54e422c1] | 98 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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[fa21b3d] | 99 |
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| 100 | <screen><userinput>make docdir=/usr/share/doc/db-&db-version; install</userinput></screen>
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| 101 |
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[54e422c1] | 102 | <variablelist>
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| 103 | <title>The meaning of the make parameter:</title>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | <varlistentry>
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| 106 | <term><parameter>docdir=...</parameter></term>
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| 107 | <listitem>
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| 108 | <para>This variable specifies the correct place for the
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| 109 | documentation.</para>
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| 110 | </listitem>
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| 111 | </varlistentry>
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[fa21b3d] | 112 |
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[54e422c1] | 113 | </variablelist>
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[fa21b3d] | 114 |
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[2c69ed4] | 115 | <para>Fix the ownership of the installed documentation:</para>
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[fa21b3d] | 116 |
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[2c69ed4] | 117 | <screen><userinput>chown -Rv root:root /usr/share/doc/db-&db-version;</userinput></screen>
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[fa21b3d] | 118 |
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[54e422c1] | 119 | </sect2>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <sect2 id="contents-db" role="content">
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| 122 | <title>Contents of Berkeley DB</title>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <segmentedlist>
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| 125 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 126 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <seglistitem>
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| 129 | <seg>db_archive, db_checkpoint, db_deadlock, db_dump, db_hotbackup,
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| 130 | db_load, db_printlog, db_recover, db_stat, db_upgrade, and db_verify</seg>
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[0090db5] | 131 | <seg>libdb.{so,ar}and libdb_cxx.r{o,ar}</seg>
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[54e422c1] | 132 | </seglistitem>
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| 133 | </segmentedlist>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <variablelist>
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| 136 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 137 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 138 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <varlistentry id="db_archive">
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| 141 | <term><command>db_archive</command></term>
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| 142 | <listitem>
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| 143 | <para>Prints the pathnames of log files that are no longer in use</para>
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| 144 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-db db_archive">
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| 145 | <primary sortas="b-db_archive">db_archive</primary>
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| 146 | </indexterm>
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| 147 | </listitem>
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| 148 | </varlistentry>
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| 149 |
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| 150 | <varlistentry id="db_checkpoint">
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| 151 | <term><command>db_checkpoint</command></term>
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| 152 | <listitem>
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| 153 | <para>A daemon used to monitor and checkpoint database logs</para>
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| 154 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-db db_checkpoint">
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| 155 | <primary sortas="b-db_checkpoint">db_checkpoint</primary>
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| 156 | </indexterm>
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| 157 | </listitem>
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| 158 | </varlistentry>
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| 159 |
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| 160 | <varlistentry id="db_deadlock">
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| 161 | <term><command>db_deadlock</command></term>
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| 162 | <listitem>
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| 163 | <para>A daemon used to abort lock requests when deadlocks are
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| 164 | detected</para>
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| 165 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-db db_deadlock">
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| 166 | <primary sortas="b-db_deadlock">db_deadlock</primary>
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| 167 | </indexterm>
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| 168 | </listitem>
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| 169 | </varlistentry>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <varlistentry id="db_dump">
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| 172 | <term><command>db_dump</command></term>
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| 173 | <listitem>
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| 174 | <para>Converts database files to a plain-text file format readable
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| 175 | by <command>db_load</command></para>
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| 176 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-db db_dump">
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| 177 | <primary sortas="b-db_dump">db_dump</primary>
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| 178 | </indexterm>
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| 179 | </listitem>
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| 180 | </varlistentry>
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| 181 |
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| 182 | <varlistentry id="db_hotbackup">
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| 183 | <term><command>db_hotbackup</command></term>
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| 184 | <listitem>
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| 185 | <para>Creates <quote>hot backup</quote> or <quote>hot failover</quote>
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| 186 | snapshots of Berkeley DB databases</para>
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| 187 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-db db_hotbackup">
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| 188 | <primary sortas="b-db_hotbackup">db_hotbackup</primary>
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| 189 | </indexterm>
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| 190 | </listitem>
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| 191 | </varlistentry>
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| 192 |
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| 193 | <varlistentry id="db_load">
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| 194 | <term><command>db_load</command></term>
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| 195 | <listitem>
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| 196 | <para>Is used to create database files from plain-text files</para>
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| 197 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-db db_load">
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| 198 | <primary sortas="b-db_load">db_load</primary>
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| 199 | </indexterm>
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| 200 | </listitem>
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| 201 | </varlistentry>
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| 202 |
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| 203 | <varlistentry id="db_printlog">
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| 204 | <term><command>db_printlog</command></term>
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| 205 | <listitem>
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| 206 | <para>Converts database log files to human readable text</para>
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| 207 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-db db_printlog">
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| 208 | <primary sortas="b-db_printlog">db_printlog</primary>
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| 209 | </indexterm>
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| 210 | </listitem>
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| 211 | </varlistentry>
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| 212 |
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| 213 | <varlistentry id="db_recover">
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| 214 | <term><command>db_recover</command></term>
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| 215 | <listitem>
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| 216 | <para>Is used to restore a database to a consistent state after a
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| 217 | failure</para>
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| 218 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-db db_recover">
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| 219 | <primary sortas="b-db_recover">db_recover</primary>
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| 220 | </indexterm>
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| 221 | </listitem>
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| 222 | </varlistentry>
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| 223 |
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| 224 | <varlistentry id="db_stat">
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| 225 | <term><command>db_stat</command></term>
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| 226 | <listitem>
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| 227 | <para>Displays statistics for Berkeley databases</para>
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| 228 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-db db_stat">
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| 229 | <primary sortas="b-db_stat">db_stat</primary>
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| 230 | </indexterm>
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| 231 | </listitem>
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| 232 | </varlistentry>
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| 233 |
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| 234 | <varlistentry id="db_upgrade">
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| 235 | <term><command>db_upgrade</command></term>
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| 236 | <listitem>
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| 237 | <para>Is used to upgrade database files to a newer version of
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| 238 | Berkeley DB</para>
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| 239 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-db db_upgrade">
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| 240 | <primary sortas="b-db_upgrade">db_upgrade</primary>
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| 241 | </indexterm>
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| 242 | </listitem>
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| 243 | </varlistentry>
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| 244 |
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| 245 | <varlistentry id="db_verify">
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| 246 | <term><command>db_verify</command></term>
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| 247 | <listitem>
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| 248 | <para>Is used to run consistency checks on database files</para>
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| 249 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-db db_verify">
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| 250 | <primary sortas="b-db_verify">db_verify</primary>
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| 251 | </indexterm>
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| 252 | </listitem>
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| 253 | </varlistentry>
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| 254 |
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| 255 |
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| 256 | <varlistentry id="libdb">
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[0090db5] | 257 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libdb.{so,a}</filename></term>
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[54e422c1] | 258 | <listitem>
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| 259 | <para>Contains functions to manipulate database files from C
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| 260 | programs</para>
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| 261 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-db libdb">
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| 262 | <primary sortas="c-libdb">libdb</primary>
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| 263 | </indexterm>
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| 264 | </listitem>
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| 265 | </varlistentry>
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| 266 |
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| 267 | <varlistentry id="libdb_cxx">
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[0090db5] | 268 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libdb_cxx.{so,a}</filename></term>
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[54e422c1] | 269 | <listitem>
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| 270 | <para>Contains functions to manipulate database files from C++
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| 271 | programs</para>
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| 272 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-db libdb_cxx">
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| 273 | <primary sortas="c-libdb_cxx">libdb_cxx</primary>
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| 274 | </indexterm>
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| 275 | </listitem>
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| 276 | </varlistentry>
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| 277 |
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| 278 | </variablelist>
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| 279 |
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| 280 | </sect2>
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[fa21b3d] | 281 |
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| 282 | </sect1>
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