indexdb(8)

NAME
indexdb - perl based tool to index RIPE like databases

SYNOPSIS

indexdb [ -c-ttodir] ] <-ssource-Ttypes]filenamefilename...]>

DESCRIPTION

indexdb is part of the RIPE database software package. It will read the named databasefiles (or use the files specified by the combination of -s and optional -T option) and index the database file. The database files will be moved after the indexing is ready, to the directory as specified by the -t option if defined. If the -c option is specified instead, the database files will also be cleaned from old deleted objects and other garbage information. The old database file will be locked during the whole operation, to ensure that no updates to that database are lost. Read-only clients of that database (specifically whoisd(8)) will still function during the complete procedure.

OPTIONS

-c  clean the index from old obsolete data

-t todir
    move the database and index files to specified directory after the indeing is ready. Databases will be properly locked during this operation.

-s source
    specify the source of the database to indexed (used instead of specifying a filename)

-T type[,type2 [ ... ]
    specify which types of objects needs to indexed

SEE ALSO
whoisd(8) dbupdate(8)

The whole process can be fairly slow depending on database size

AUTHOR

David Kessens, RIPE Network Coordination Centre <david@ripe.net> Please send bug reports to: <ripe-dbm@ripe.net>