makegdbm(1)

makegdbm1

Make a gdbm database from stdin

Usage

makegdbm [options] gdbmname

Overview

makegdbm allows a GBDM database to be formed from input read from stdin. gdbmname is the name of the GBDM database to create, ususally the name of this file will end in .db. If the file allready exists is will be overwritten. The format of the input is key, value pairs separated by a colon (:).

Example:

this is a key:this is a value

Options

-h, --help:

Print usage information.

-u, --undo:

Print content of database file, one entry a line.

Releases

11 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0–5.0
  3. 6.0–13

Author

Horms <[email protected]>

From perdition 2.2-3.4+b1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.