EKB_CREATE(1)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, pull up a chair 🫶 this is the manual page for ekb_create, and it's running version 3.5.1. It's giving "small utility, main character energy" 💅 and honestly? We're obsessed.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ekb_create [options] [<name>]

so you run the program, you can throw some options at it, and you can hand it a <name> if you're feeling generous 💖

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

ekb_create 3.5.1

The way this works is: it creates an empty knowledge base with the name <name> for E. That's the whole job. She's simple, she's efficient, she's iconic 👑

🎀 Options 🎀

• -h, --help — prints a short lil description of how to use the program and what all the options do. Your "wait what was I doing again" button 🫶
• -V, --version — prints the version number of the program. Periodt.
• -v, --verbose[=<arg>] — gives you verbose commentary on how the program's progressing, like a little live reaction feed ✨. Heads up: the short form, or the long form without the optional argument, is equivalent to --verbose=1.
• -n <arg>, --negative-example-number=<arg> — sets the (maximum) number of negative examples to pick, but only if the proof listing does not describe a successful proof. Picky queen 💅
• -p <arg>, --negative-example-proportion=<arg> — sets the maximum number of negative examples (expressed as a proportion of the positive examples) to pick, and this one kicks in if the proof listing does describe a successful proof 🌈

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😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

Found a bug? Noooo 😭 report it to <schulz@eprover.org>. Please include the following if you possibly can:

• The version of the package as reported by eprover --version.
• The operating system and version.
• The exact command line that leads to the unexpected behaviour.
• A description of what you expected and what actually happened.
• If possible all input files necessary to reproduce the bug.

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright 1998-2026 by Stephan Schulz, schulz@eprover.org, and the E contributors (see DOC/CONTRIBUTORS).

This program is a part of the distribution of the equational theorem prover E. You can find the latest version of the E distribution as well as additional information at http://www.eprover.org

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program (it should be contained in the top level directory of the distribution in the file COPYING); if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

We welcome bug reports and even reasonable questions. If the prover behaves in an unexpected way, please include the following information:

• What did you observe? - What did you expect? - The output of eprover --version - The full commandline that lead to the unexpected behaviour - The input file(s) that lead to the unexpected behaviour

Most bug reports should be send to <schulz@eprover.org>. Bug reports with respect to the HO-version should be send to or at least copied to <jasmin.blanchette@gmail.com>. Please remember that this is an unpaid volunteer service.

The original copyright holder can be contacted via email or as

Stephan Schulz DHBW Stuttgart Fakultaet Technik Informatik
Lerchenstrasse 1 70174 Stuttgart Germany

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🌈 sign-off time: this was ekb_create 3.5.1, dated August 2026, living its life as EKB_CREATE(1) in the manuals. Now go forth and create empty knowledge bases, you absolute legend 🦋💜