DB5.3_VERIFY(1) General Commands Manual DB5.3_VERIFY(1)
NAME
db5.3_verify - Verifies the structure databases
SYNOPSIS
db5.3_verify [-NoqV] [-h home] [-P password] file ...
DESCRIPTION
The db5.3_verify utility verifies the structure of one or more files
and the databases they contain.
OPTIONS
-h Specify a home directory for the database environment; by de-
fault, the current working directory is used.
-o Skip the database checks for btree and duplicate sort order and
for hashing.
If the file being verified contains databases with non-default
comparison or hashing configurations, calling the db5.3_verify
utility without the -o flag will usually return failure. The -o
flag causes db5.3_verify to ignore database sort or hash order-
ing and allows db5.3_verify to be used on these files. To fully
verify these files, verify them explicitly using the DB->verify
method, after configuring the correct comparison or hashing
functions.
-N Do not acquire shared region mutexes while running. Other prob-
lems, such as potentially fatal errors in Berkeley DB, will be
ignored as well. This option is intended only for debugging er-
rors, and should not be used under any other circumstances.
-P Specify an environment password. Although Berkeley DB utilities
overwrite password strings as soon as possible, be aware there
may be a window of vulnerability on systems where unprivileged
users can see command-line arguments or where utilities are not
able to overwrite the memory containing the command-line argu-
ments.
-q Suppress the printing of any error descriptions, simply exit
success or failure.
-V Write the library version number to the standard output, and
exit.
The db5.3_verify utility does not perform any locking, even in Berkeley
DB environments that are configured with a locking subsystem. As such,
it should only be used on files that are not being modified by another
thread of control.
The db5.3_verify utility may be used with a Berkeley DB environment (as
described for the -h option, the environment variable DB_HOME, or be-
cause the utility was run in a directory containing a Berkeley DB envi-
ronment). In order to avoid environment corruption when using a Berke-
ley DB environment, db5.3_verify should always be given the chance to
detach from the environment and exit gracefully. To cause db5.3_verify
to release all environment resources and exit cleanly, send it an in-
terrupt signal (SIGINT).
The db5.3_verify utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
ENVIRONMENT
DB_HOME
If the -h option is not specified and the environment variable
DB_HOME is set, it is used as the path of the database home, as
described in DB_ENV->open.
AUTHORS
Sleepycat Software, Inc. This manual page was created based on the HTML
documentation for db_verify from Sleepycat, by Thijs Kinkhorst
<thijs@kinkhorst.com>, for the Debian system (but may be used by oth-
ers).
28 January 2005 DB5.3_VERIFY(1)
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