SYNOPSIS

dptest write [-s] name rnum bnum

dptest read [-wb] name

dptest rcat [-c] name rnum bnum pnum align

dptest combo name

dptest wicked [-c] name rnum

DESCRIPTION

The command `dptest' is a utility for facility test and performance test. Check a database generated by the command or measure the execution time of the command. This command is used in the following format. `name' specifies a database name. `rnum' specifies the number of the records. `bnum' specifies the number of the elements of the bucket array. `pnum' specifies the number of patterns of the keys. `align' specifies the basic size of alignment. `fbpsiz' specifies the size of the free block pool.

dptest write [-s] name rnum bnum

Store records with keys of 8 bytes. They change as `00000001', `00000002'...

dptest read [-wb] name

Retrieve all records of the database above.

dptest rcat [-c] name rnum bnum pnum align fbpsiz

Store records with partway duplicated keys using concatenate mode.

dptest combo name

Perform combination test of various operations.

dptest wicked [-c] name rnum

Perform updating operations selected at random.

Options feature the following.

-s : make the file sparse.

-wb : use the function `dpgetwb' instead of the function `dpget'.

-c : perform comparison test with map of Cabin.

This command returns 0 on success, another on failure. The environment variable `QDBMDBGFD' specifies the file descriptor to output the history of updating the variable `dpecode'.

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AUTHOR

QDBM was written by Mikio Hirabayashi <[email protected]>.