showdbm(8)

NAME
showdbm - perl based debug tool to check RIPE like database indexes

SYNOPSIS

showdbm databasefile

DESCRIPTION

showdbm is part of the RIPE database software package. It is a perl script that will read the index files for a certain RIPE like database file and output all entries in that index. It will output in the form:

    key - refcount (value,value,...)

where

key is the key found in the index

refcount
    is the number of references for this key

value
    can be the offset in the ASCII database file where the entry with this key starts, or the unique key for the object this key points to in the case of classless indexing.

It is very useful to check whether a certain DBM index has been built correctly or whether a certain entry is present. It is however mainly a debugging tool.

SEE ALSO
dbm(3X) netdbm(8)

CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
showdbm does not need any configuration options from dbconfig(5).

AUTHOR

Marten Terpstra, RIPE Network Coordination Centre <marten@ripe.net>