dictfmt_virtual(1)

dictfmt_virtual1

Uses dictfmt to create a virtual database file.

Usage

dictfmt_virtual [OPTIONS] --db-list <list> -s name dbbase [info_files ...]

Overview

dictfmt_virtual creates a dictd database file representing a virtual dictionary database.

Options

All options except --help and info_files are required.
--help

displays a usage message and exits

--db-list list

list is a comma-separated list of the database names (as listed in dictd.conf) to be included in the virtual database. If these databases are located in a directory other than the default directory (/usr/share/dictd/), a full pathname should be given.

-s name

name is the descriptive name to be used in the 00-database-short header of the virtual database file.

dbbase

the basename of the virtual database file to be created.

info_files

an optional space-separated list of files containing additional information to be inserted in the header of the virtual database file. (This option is rarely necessary.) If this option is included, it must be given after all other options.

Releases

Unchanged in 2 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge).

  1. 3.1–4.0

Author

dictfmt_virtual was written by Aleksey Cheusov <[email protected]>.
This manual page was written by Robert D. Hilliard <[email protected]>.

From dictfmt 1.10.2-3.1 in Debian 4.0 (Etch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.