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1#	@(#)README	5.6 (Berkeley) 12/04/92
2
3The script file consists of lines with a initial character which is
4the "command" for that line.  Legal characters are as follows:
5
6c: compare a record
7	+ must be followed by [kK][dD]; the data value in the database
8	  associated with the specified key is compared to the specified
9	  data value.
10e: echo a string
11	+ writes out the rest of the line into the output file; if the
12	  last character is not a carriage-return, a newline is appended.
13g: do a get command
14	+ must be followed by [kK]
15	+ writes out the retrieved data DBT.
16p: do a put command
17	+ must be followed by [kK][dD]
18r: do a del command
19	+ must be followed by [kK]
20s: do a seq command
21	+ writes out the retrieved data DBT.
22f: set the flags for the next command
23	+ no value zero's the flags
24D [file]: data file
25	+ set the current data value to the contents of the file
26d [data]:
27	+ set the current key value to the contents of the line.
28K [file]: key file
29	+ set the current key value to the contents of the file
30k [data]:
31	+ set the current key value to the contents of the line.
32o [r]: dump [reverse]
33	+ dump the database out, if 'r' is set, in reverse order.
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35Options to dbtest are as follows:
36
37	-i: Use the rest of the argument to set elements in the info
38	    structure.  If the type is btree, then "-i cachesize=10240"
39	    will set BTREEINFO.cachesize to 10240.
40	-o: The rest of the argument is the output file instead of
41	    using stdout.
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43Dbtest requires two arguments, the type of access "hash", "recno" or
44"btree", and the script name.
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