ovdb_stat(8)

ovdb_stat8

Display information from the ovdb database

Usage

ovdb_stat [-Hgci] [-r artnumrange] newsgroup [newsgroup ...]

ovdb_stat -HklmMtv [-d database]

Overview

ovdb_stat displays information from the ovdb database: Berkeley DB statistics, newsgroup data, and overview records. The output can optionally be in HTML format.

The number of overview records stored in the database can be obtained with the "inndf -n" command.

Options

-g

Newsgroup high water mark, low marker mark, article count, and flag for the given newsgroups (as stored in the ovdb groupinfo database) are displayed.

-c

Similar to -g, except the high water mark, low water mark, and article count are calculated by actually scanning the overview records and counting them. This can be a lengthy operation on groups with lots of articles.

-i

Internal data regarding the given newsgroups are displayed.

-r artnumrange

Overview records are retrieved. The artnumrange parameter may be a single article number, or a range of articles in the format "low-high".

-H

Output is presented in HTML format.

-k

Displays lock region statistics, as returned by the Berkeley DB "lock_stat()" call.

-l

Displays log region statistics, as returned by the Berkeley DB "log_stat()" call.

-m

Displays global memory pool statistics, as returned by the Berkeley DB "memp_stat()" call.

-M

Same as -m, and also displays memory pool statistics for each database file.

-t

Displays log region statistics, as returned by the Berkeley DB "txn_stat()" call.

-v

Displays ovdb version, and Berkeley DB version.

-d database

Displays information about the given database, as returned by the Berkeley DB "db->stat()" call. This operation may take a long time on busy systems (several minutes or more).

Warnings

ovdb_stat may be safely killed with the INT, TERM, or HUP signals. It catches those signals and exits cleanly. Do not kill ovdb_stat with other signals, unless absolutely necessary, because it may leave stale locks in the database environment.

Releases

12 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 10 times.

  1. 3.1–4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9
  7. 10
  8. 11
  9. 12
  10. 13
  11. Arch

History

Written by Heath Kehoe <[email protected]> for InterNetNews.

From inn 2.7.4-4 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.