GDBM_DUMP(1)

📦 version 1.23, in debian bookworm, ubuntu jammy

✨ GDBM_DUMP — the girlies' guide ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the GDBM User Reference 🎀 this little icon is gdbm_dump and she's about to dump a whole database to a file for you. no cap.

💖 NAME 💖

gdbm_dump — dump a GDBM database to a file 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

gdbm_dump [-H FMT] [--format=FMT] DB_FILE [FILE]

gdbm_dump [-Vh] [--help] [--usage] [--version]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so basically, the gdbm_dump utility creates a dump of the gdbm(3) database file you point her at. the name for the output dump file comes from the second argument, that's FILE. and if you don't specify it?? the output goes to the standard error. yes really, she's quirky like that 💅

the dump she makes can be handed straight to the gdbm_load(1) utility to re-create an exact copy of the DB_FILE. it's giving backup-and-restore main character energy fr fr 👑

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -H, --format=FMT — pick your dump format bestie. the value binary (or 0) tells gdbm_dump to produce a binary dump, compatible with earlier gdbm versions (up to version 1.9). the value ascii (or 1) tells her to make an ASCII dump, and that one is the default. why is ascii the preferred one? because apart from the actual data, it also contains meta-information which lets gdbm_load(1) recreate an exact copy of the file. obsessed 😭💖
  • -h, --help — print a short usage summary. tiny lil snack of info 🍓
  • --usage — print a list of available options. the full menu, no filter 🧚
  • -V, --version — print program version ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

for a detailed description of gdbm_dump and other gdbm utilities, refer to the GDBM Manual available in Texinfo format. to access it, run:

info gdbm

🙈 REPORTING BUGS 🙈

report bugs to <bug-gdbm@gnu.org> 🫶

Copyright © 2013-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

and that's the whole vibe check bestie 💀 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law — say it with me, periodt.

k bye, this was GDBM from May 8, 2013, mwah 💋🌸

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