TALER-MERCHANT-DBINIT(1)

📦 version 1.3.0, in nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

💅 taler-merchant-dbinit(1) — the GNU Taler glow-up page

okay so bestie, welcome to taler-merchant-dbinit(1), one of the GNU Taler manual pages, and honestly? this one is a whole vibe. it's the setup queen of the merchant universe. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

taler-merchant-dbinit — initialize the Taler merchant database. that's it, that's the job, and she does it flawlessly. 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

taler-merchant-dbinit [-c FILENAME | --config=FILENAME] [-g | --gc]
[-h | --help] [-L LOGLEVEL | --loglevel=LOGLEVEL]
[-l FILENAME | --logfile=FILENAME] [-r | --reset] [-v | --version]

like, copy-paste her exactly, no cap. ⭐

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so taler-merchant-dbinit is a command-line tool that initializes the Taler merchant database. the way it just creates the necessary tables and indices so the Taler merchant can actually operate?? main character energy, fr fr. 👑

its options are as follows — and yes, we're going through every single one, because we don't skip details in this house:

  • -c FILENAME | --config=FILENAME — use the configuration and other resources for the merchant to operate from FILENAME. like, tell her where the ~vibes~ live. 💜
  • -g | --gc — garbage collect the database. deletes all unnecessary data in the database. she's a cleaner, she's a declutterer, she's the "yes i threw it out" friend. 🧹✨
  • -h | --help — print short help on options. when in doubt, ask for help, bestie, it's literally free. 🙈
  • -L LOGLEVEL | --loglevel=LOGLEVEL — specifies the log level to use. accepted values are: DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR. pick your narrator, honestly. 🌈
  • -l FILENAME | --logfile=FILENAME — send logging output to FILENAME. receipts, but make them a file. 🍓
  • -r | --reset — drop tables. dangerous — it will delete all existing data in the database before creating the tables. like, not "oops i archived it" delete, it is gone gone. 💀
bestie i beg you, think before you -r. that's a "ask yourself if you're okay" flag, not a "just trying things" flag. 😭
  • -v | –version — print version information. she'll tell you who she is. 💅

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

go read her friends, they're iconic too:

💀 BUGS 💀

report bugs by using https://bugs.taler.net or by sending electronic mail to <taler@gnu.org>. no gatekeeping, they want to hear it fr fr. 🐛

👑 AUTHOR 👑

GNU Taler contributors — the collective, the team, the whole squad. 💜

2014-2025 Taler Systems SA (GPLv3+ or GFDL 1.3+) — slay, licensed, and legally gorgeous. ⭐

and that's the page, bestie!! 🌈 this little icon is from the 1.0 era of the GNU Taler manual, dated Dec 22, 2025 — screenshot it, cite it, love it. mwah 💋🦋

📦 where this page comes from