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.\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1994, 1996 Bunyip Information Systems Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" Archie 3.5
.\" August 1996
.\"
.\" @(#)db_dump.n
.\"
.TH DB_DUMP N "August 1996"
.SH NAME
.B db_dump
\- dump the list of available sites, in the database, in ASCII format.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B db_dump
[
.BI \-H " <hostname>"
] [
.BI \-d " <database>"
] [
.BI \-M " <dir>"
] [
.BI \-h " <dir>"
] [
.B \-v
] [
.B \-l
] [
.BI \-L " <logfile>"
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B db_dump
prints a brief message about each site indexed in any database.
The information includes host name, port number, IP address and the site index
number. The site index number is the number by which the site is known to
the database.
.B db_dump
is useful for a quick listing of the database in question.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI \-H " <hostname>"
The host name of the site about which you want statistics.
.TP
.BI \-M " <dir>"
The name of the master Archie database directory. If not
specified, the program looks in the directory
.BR ~archie/db ,
then
.BR ./db .
.TP
.BI \-d " <database>"
The catalog about which to print information.
By default, the program will examine all available catalogs listed in
.BR ~archie/etc/catalogs.cf .
.TP
.BI \-h " <dir>"
The name of the Archie host database directory. If not
specified, the program will first try
.BR ~archie/db/host_db ,
then
.BR ./host_db .
.TP
.B \-v
Verbose mode. Print messages indicating what the program is
doing.
.TP
.B \-l
Log messages to the file
.BR ~archie/logs/archie.log .
The location of the file may be overridden with the
.B \-L
option. By default, messages are written to
.IR stderr .
.TP
.BI \-L " <logfile>"
Specify the log file. For this to have any effect, the
.B \-l
option must be specified, as well. Note that debugging
information is also written to the log file.
.SH FILES
~archie/db/\fI<db-name>\fP/*
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR db_stats (n)
.SH AUTHOR
Bunyip Information Systems.
.br
Montr\o"\'e"al, Qu\o"\'e"bec, Canada
.sp
Archie is a registered trademark of Bunyip Information Systems Inc., Canada,
1990.