3.3

Console Server Commands
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dbdev
dbdev
Reports the disk partitions in use and the number of blocks allocated for the database on
each disk partition. To find out the size of your database, type:
dbdev
A message similar to the following appears
/dev/rp5 0 60000
/dev/rp6 60001 120123
/dev/rp7 120124 999999
The numbers reported are the first and last blocks for each partition. The last number of the
report (999,999 in the example above) is the size of the database.
dbdump
dbdump <keys> [<option>] …
Dumps individual stories or the entire database to tape.
This command can be interrupted. The program will continue dumping to reach an
appropriate quitting point.
Valid Keys Description
a Append to current dump
c Create new dump
C Create new dump, don’t ask if it’s ok.
d Dump the news directory
i Dump indexed files (such as, user index)
s Show quick index of dumped stories
v Verbose output
x Ask before dumping indexed file