MEMDUMP(1)

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version 1.1.4 · 7 versions
, in epel 10

💅 MEMDUMP (memdump(1)) — the libmemcached-awesome glow-up

ok so bestie, welcome to memdump, the libmemcached documentation page that's gonna make you feel ✨something✨. Let's get into it.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

memdump [options]

Dump a list of keys from a server. that's it, that's the vibe 🎀

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So memdump dumps a list of "keys" from all the servers it's told to fetch from. Note the quotes around "keys" — yes girl, they're doing a little air-quote thing and they mean it 😭

Here's the tea: because memcached does not guarantee to provide all keys, it is not possible to get a complete "dump". Like, at all. So don't come for this program when your list is missing stuff — it literally cannot be complete. no cap 💀

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -h, --help — Display help. slay, now you know things 🫶
  • -V, --version — Display version. for the girlies who need to know exactly what they're running 💅
  • -q, --quiet — Operate quietly. shhh 🤫
  • -v, --verbose — Operate more verbosely. give me all the details, main character energy 🔥
  • -d, --debug — See -v|--verbose. literally the same thing, she's just going by a different name 💀
  • -s, --servers <list of servers> — Specify the list of servers as hostname[:port][,hostname[:port]...]. comma-separated besties, port optional ✨
  • -n, --non-blocking — Enable non-blocking operations. no waiting around, we're busy girls 🦋
  • -N, --tcp-nodelay — Disable Nagle's algorithm. (yes that's a real name, no I'm not making it up 😭)
  • -b, --binary — Enable binary protocol. ones and zeroes era 💜
  • -B, --buffer — Buffer requests. hold that thought 🎀
  • -u, --username <username> — Use username for SASL authentication. identity check, but make it secure 🌈
  • -p, --password <password> — Use password for SASL authentication. don't screenshot this one bestie 🙈
  • -f, --file [<file>] — Output to file instead of standard output.
NOTE: defaults to <key> if no argument was provided. so if you're like "file? where?" — she'll just use <key>. iconic but also read the note 📌

🧚 ENVIRONMENT 🧚

  • MEMCACHED_SERVERS — Specify a list of servers. set it once, thank yourself later ⭐

👑 NOTES 👑

🎀 PROGRAM PREFIX 🎀

The prefix of this program is variable, i.e. it can be configured at build time. so don't get too attached to the name, she's flexible 💫

Usually the client programs of libmemcached-awesome are prefixed with mem, like memcat or memcp. cute, consistent, on brand 🌸

It can be configured, though, to replace the prefix with something else like mc. In case of that, the client programs of libmemcached-awesome would be called mccat, mccp, etc. respectively. same girls, different first letter, still slaying 🫶

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

go read those next, iykyk 💖

k that's the whole page bestie, go dump some keys responsibly ✨ this was libmemcached-awesome version 1.1, dated Jul 18, 2024 — mwah, love u, bye 🎀💅

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