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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": "2026-10-20T07:54:08Z",
    "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\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": []
}