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## NAME
       db5.3_printlog - Dumps Berkeley DB log files in a human-readable format

## SYNOPSIS
       **db5.3**___**printlog** [-NrV] [-b start-LSN] [-e stop-LSN] [-h home] [-P password]

## DESCRIPTION
       The  db5.3_printlog  utility is a debugging utility that dumps Berkeley DB log files in a hu‐
       man-readable format.

## OPTIONS
### -b
              specified  as  a file number, followed by a slash (/) character, followed by an offset
              number, with no intervening whitespace.

### -e
              fied  as  a file number, followed by a slash (/) character, followed by an offset num‐
              ber, with no intervening whitespace.

### -h
              directory is used.

### -N
              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.

### -P
              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.

### -r

### -V

       The db5.3_printlog utility uses a Berkeley DB environment (as described for  the  **-h**  option,
       the  environment variable **DB**___**HOME**, 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,  db5.3_printlog should always be given the chance to detach from the environment
       and exit gracefully.  To cause db5.3_printlog to release all environment resources  and  exit
       cleanly, send it an interrupt signal (SIGINT).

       The db5.3_printlog utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

## ENVIRONMENT
       **DB**___**HOME**
              If  the  **-h** option is not specified and the environment variable DB_HOME is set, it is
              used as the path of the database home, as described in DB_ENV->open.

## AUTHORS
       Sleepycat Software, Inc. This manual page was created based on  the  HTML  documentation  for
       db_printlog  from  Sleepycat, by Thijs Kinkhorst <<thijs@kinkhorst.com>>, for the Debian system
       (but may be used by others).



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