20.1 gdbmtool invocation

The following table summarizes all gdbmtool command line options:

‘-b size’

‘--block-size=size’

Set block size.

‘-c size’

‘--cache-size=size’

Set cache size.

‘-f file’

‘--file file’

Read commands from file, instead of the standard input.

‘-h’

‘--help’

Print a concise help summary.

‘-N’

‘--norc’

Don’t read startup files (see section Startup Files).

‘-n’

‘--newdb’

Create the database.

‘-l’

‘--no-lock’

Disable file locking.

‘-m’

‘--no-mmap’

Disable mmap.

‘-q’

‘--quiet’

Don’t print the usual welcome banner at startup. This is the same as setting the variable ‘quiet’ in the startup file. See quiet.

‘-r’

‘--read-only’

Open the database in read-only mode.

‘-s’

‘--synchronize’

Synchronize to the disk after each write.

‘-V’

‘--version’

Print program version and licensing information and exit.

‘--usage’

Print a terse invocation syntax summary along with a list of available command line options.

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