SYNC-DBINIT(1)

📦 version 1.3.0, in nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

🌸 SYNC-DBINIT 🌸

okay so you know that page sync-dbinit(1) from the GNU Taler manual? That's this one. It's the manual page for sync-dbinit, and bestie, it's literally the little tool that gets your Sync database set up 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

sync-dbinit [-c FILENAME | --config=FILENAME] [-g | --garbagecollect]
[-h | --help] [-L LOGLEVEL | --log=LOGLEVEL]
[-l FILENAME | --logfile=FILENAME] [-r | --reset] [-v | --version]

like, that's the whole vibe check right there 👑

🫶 DESCRIPTION 🫶

sync-dbinit is a command-line tool to initialize the Sync database. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it slayfully ✨

Its options are as follows (yes we're going through all of them, no skipping, no cap):

  • -c FILENAME | --config=FILENAME — use the configuration and other resources for the Sync commands to operate from FILENAME. basically "hey bestie, read your settings from this file" 🎀
  • -g | --garbagecollect — remove state data from database. lil cleanup moment 🧹✨
  • -h | --help — print short help on options. when in doubt, ask for help, it's giving self-care 💅
  • -L LOGLEVEL | --log=LOGLEVEL — configure logging to use LOGLEVEL. tell her how chatty to be 📢
  • -l FILENAME | --logfile=FILENAME — configure logging to write logs to FILENAME. where the receipts go 🧾
  • -r | --reset — reset database. ⚠️ (DANGEROUS: All existing data is lost!) ⚠️ like, for real for real, everything in there is GONE, do not come crying to me 😭💀
  • -v | –version — print version information. the "who am I" moment 🦋

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

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🐛 BUGS 🐛

found a bug? don't suffer in silence bestie 😤 report bugs by using https://bugs.taler.net or by sending electronic mail to <taler@gnu.org>. they wanna hear from you fr fr 💌

👑 AUTHOR 👑

GNU Taler contributors — the main characters behind all this 🌈

2014-2025 Taler Systems SA (GPLv3+ or GFDL 1.3+)

and that's the whole page, periodt 💅 this was version 1.0, dated Dec 22, 2025, and honestly? iconic. bye bestie, go init that database 🎀🦋✨

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