DB5.3_PRINTLOG(1)                    General Commands Manual                    DB5.3_PRINTLOG(1)



NAME
       db5.3_printlog - Dumps Berkeley DB log files in a human-readable format

SYNOPSIS
       db5.3_printlog [-NrV] [-b start-LSN] [-e stop-LSN] [-h home] [-P password]

DESCRIPTION
       The  db5.3_printlog  utility  is a debugging utility that dumps Berkeley DB log files in a
       human-readable format.

OPTIONS
       -b     Display log records starting at log sequence number (LSN) start-LSN;  start-LSN  is
              specified  as a file number, followed by a slash (/) character, followed by an off‐
              set number, with no intervening whitespace.

       -e     Stop displaying log records at log sequence  number  (LSN)  stop-LSN;  stop-LSN  is
              specified  as a file number, followed by a slash (/) character, followed by an off‐
              set number, with no intervening whitespace.

       -h     Specify a home directory for the database  environment;  by  default,  the  current
              working directory is used.

       -N     Do not acquire shared region mutexes while running.  Other problems, such as poten‐
              tially fatal errors in Berkeley DB, will  be  ignored  as  well.   This  option  is
              intended  only for debugging errors, and should not be used under any other circum‐
              stances.

       -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 arguments.

       -r     Read the log files in reverse order.

       -V     Write the library version number to the standard output, and exit.

       The db5.3_printlog utility uses a Berkeley DB environment (as described for the -h option,
       the environment variable DB_HOME, or because the utility was run in a directory containing
       a  Berkeley DB environment).  In order to avoid environment corruption when using a Berke‐
       ley DB environment, db5.3_printlog should always be given the chance to  detach  from  the
       environment  and  exit  gracefully.   To  cause  db5.3_printlog to release all environment
       resources and exit cleanly, send it an interrupt signal (SIGINT).

       The db5.3_printlog 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_printlog from Sleepycat, by Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs AT kinkhorst.com>, for the Debian  sys‐
       tem (but may be used by others).



                                         28 January 2005                        DB5.3_PRINTLOG(1)