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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. | |
| 3 | .\" | |
| 4 | .\" %sccs.include.redist.man% | |
| 5 | .\" | |
| 6 | .\" @(#)dbconv.1 5.1 (Berkeley) %G% | |
| 7 | .\" | |
| 8 | .TH DBCONV 1 "" | |
| 9 | .UC 7 | |
| 10 | .SH NAME | |
| 11 | dbconv \- convert dbm style databases to db style databases | |
| 12 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 13 | .nf | |
| 14 | .ft B | |
| 15 | dbconv from to | |
| 16 | .ft R | |
| 17 | .fi | |
| 18 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 19 | .I Dbconv | |
| 20 | converts old style | |
| 21 | .IR dbm (3) | |
| 22 | (or | |
| 23 | .IR ndbm (3)) | |
| 24 | databases to | |
| 25 | .IR db (3) | |
| 26 | style databases. | |
| 27 | .I From | |
| 28 | is the name of the | |
| 29 | .I dbm | |
| 30 | database (the database files are expected to be | |
| 31 | .IR from .dir | |
| 32 | and | |
| 33 | .IR from .pag). | |
| 34 | The new database will be written out to the file | |
| 35 | .IR to . | |
| 36 | .PP | |
| 37 | Dbconv prints out the number of records that were transferred, as well | |
| 38 | as any duplicates that were dropped. | |
| 39 | .PP | |
| 40 | .I Dbconv | |
| 41 | exits 0 on success, and 1 if any records were duplicates or an error | |
| 42 | occurred. | |
| 43 | .SH SEE ALSO | |
| 44 | db(3), ndbm(3) |