• Antelope Release 5.5 Mac OS X 10.8.5 2015-04-21

 

NAME

finalize_db - build descriptor file, clean db, and dbverify

SYNOPSIS

finalize_db  [-d] [-n] [-t] [-p pf] db1 [ db2 db3 ... ]

SUPPORT


Contributed code: NO BRTT support.
THIS PIECE OF SOFTWARE WAS CONTRIBUTED BY THE ANTELOPE USER COMMUNITY. BRTT DISCLAIMS ALL OWNERSHIP, LIABILITY, AND SUPPORT FOR THIS PIECE OF SOFTWARE.

FOR HELP WITH THIS PIECE OF SOFTWARE, PLEASE CONTACT THE CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR.

DESCRIPTION

finalize_db creates a descriptor file, cleans up the database, and runs dbverify. The this program is used to build a consistent archive of monthly or yearly databases. Cleanup functions in finalize_db include:

OPTIONS

ENVIRONMENT

needs to have sourced $ANTELOPE/setup.csh.

PARAMETER FILE

  • dbidserver
    Name of idserver to be written into descriptor file for output database to use.
  • dbpath
    dbpath to be written into descriptor file for output database to use.
  • dblocks
    dblocking type for database

EXAMPLE PARAMETER FILE


dbpath				../dbmaster/{nw}	# default dbpath
dbidserver			localhost:	        # default dbidserver
dblocks				local               # default dblocks

RETURN VALUES

0 if successful, 1 if not.

SEE ALSO

dbcrunch(1)
dbfixids(1)
dbfixchanids(1)
dbsort(1)
dbverify(1)

BUGS AND CAVEATS

none

AUTHOR

Frank Vernon

Antelope User Group Contributed Software
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