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    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "DB5.3_PRINTLOG",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/DB5.3_PRINTLOG/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-14T00:32:51Z",
    "synopsis": "db5.3printlog [-NrV] [-b start-LSN] [-e stop-LSN] [-h home] [-P password]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "db5.3printlog - Dumps Berkeley DB log files in a human-readable format\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "db5.3printlog [-NrV] [-b start-LSN] [-e stop-LSN] [-h home] [-P password]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "The  db5.3printlog  utility is a debugging utility that dumps Berkeley DB log files in a hu‐\nman-readable format.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "-b",
                    "content": "specified  as  a file number, followed by a slash (/) character, followed by an offset\nnumber, with no intervening whitespace.\n",
                    "flag": "-b"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-e",
                    "content": "fied  as  a file number, followed by a slash (/) character, followed by an offset num‐\nber, with no intervening whitespace.\n",
                    "flag": "-e"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-h",
                    "content": "directory is used.\n",
                    "flag": "-h"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-N",
                    "content": "tially fatal errors in Berkeley DB, will be ignored as well.  This option is  intended\nonly for debugging errors, and should not be used under any other circumstances.\n",
                    "flag": "-N"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-P",
                    "content": "strings as soon as possible, be aware there may be a window of vulnerability  on  sys‐\ntems  where  unprivileged  users can see command-line arguments or where utilities are\nnot able to overwrite the memory containing the command-line arguments.\n",
                    "flag": "-P"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-r",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-r"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-V",
                    "content": "The db5.3printlog utility uses a Berkeley DB environment (as described for  the  -h  option,\nthe  environment variable DBHOME, or because the utility was run in a directory containing a\nBerkeley DB environment).  In order to avoid environment corruption when using a Berkeley  DB\nenvironment,  db5.3printlog should always be given the chance to detach from the environment\nand exit gracefully.  To cause db5.3printlog to release all environment resources  and  exit\ncleanly, send it an interrupt signal (SIGINT).\n\nThe db5.3printlog utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.\n",
                    "flag": "-V"
                }
            ]
        },
        "ENVIRONMENT": {
            "content": "DBHOME\nIf  the  -h option is not specified and the environment variable DBHOME is set, it is\nused as the path of the database home, as described in DBENV->open.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHORS": {
            "content": "Sleepycat Software, Inc. This manual page was created based on  the  HTML  documentation  for\ndbprintlog  from  Sleepycat, by Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@kinkhorst.com>, for the Debian system\n(but may be used by others).\n\n\n\n28 January 2005                         DB5.3PRINTLOG(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "db5.3printlog - Dumps Berkeley DB log files in a human-readable format",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "-b",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "specified as a file number, followed by a slash (/) character, followed by an offset number, with no intervening whitespace."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-e",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "fied as a file number, followed by a slash (/) character, followed by an offset num‐ ber, with no intervening whitespace."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-h",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "directory is used."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-N",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "tially fatal errors in Berkeley DB, will be ignored as well. This option is intended only for debugging errors, and should not be used under any other circumstances."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-P",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "strings as soon as possible, be aware there may be a window of vulnerability on sys‐ tems where unprivileged users can see command-line arguments or where utilities are not able to overwrite the memory containing the command-line arguments."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-r",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-V",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "The db5.3printlog utility uses a Berkeley DB environment (as described for the -h option, the environment variable DBHOME, or because the utility was run in a directory containing a Berkeley DB environment). In order to avoid environment corruption when using a Berkeley DB environment, db5.3printlog should always be given the chance to detach from the environment and exit gracefully. To cause db5.3printlog to release all environment resources and exit cleanly, send it an interrupt signal (SIGINT). The db5.3printlog utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs."
        }
    ],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": []
}