HTTXT2DBM(1)

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💖 HTTXT2DBM(1) 💖

okay bestie so this is the manual page for httxt2dbm, living in section 1 of the manual (that's the user commands girlies 💅). it's from the Apache HTTP Server and honestly? she's a little icon. let's get into it 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

httxt2dbm — generate dbm files for use with RewriteMap 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

httxt2dbm [ -v ] [ -f DBM_TYPE ] -i SOURCE_TXT -o OUTPUT_DBM

like. that's the whole summoning ritual. no cap. ✨

🦋 SUMMARY 🦋

so httxt2dbm is the girl who takes your text input and turns it into dbm files, specifically so you can use them in RewriteMap with the dbm map type. it's giving translator, it's giving glow-up, it's giving "your .txt files could never" 💅

⚠️ okay important tea: if the output file already exists, it will not be truncated. not even a little. new keys get added and existing keys get updated. so nothing gets deleted, she just... edits. respectfully. 🫶

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -v — more verbose output. she'll yap more. we love a chatty queen 💬
  • -f DBM_TYPE — specify the DBM type to be used for the output. if you don't specify one, it will use the APR Default. the available types are: GDBM for GDBM files, SDBM for SDBM files, DB for berkeley DB files, NDBM for NDBM files, and default for the default DBM type. pick your fighter ⭐
  • -i SOURCE_TXT — the input file from which the dbm is to be created. the file should be formatted with one record per line, of the form: key value. for further details of this file's format and meaning, go see the documentation for RewriteMap 📖 (iykyk)
  • -o OUTPUT_DBM — name of the output dbm files. that's it. that's the name. name it something cute 🌈

🎀 EXAMPLES 🎀

the classic:

httxt2dbm -i rewritemap.txt -o rewritemap.dbm

and the one where you're being specific about your DBM type because you have taste:

httxt2dbm -f SDBM -i rewritemap.txt -o rewritemap.dbm

slay. ate. no notes. 🔥

and that's the whole page bestie 💜 this one's from the Apache HTTP Server, dated 2026-04-30 — go forth and generate those dbm files, you absolute main character 👑✨💖

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