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NAME
     db_verify

SYNOPSIS
     db_verify [-NoqV] [-h home] [-P password] file ...

DESCRIPTION
     The db_verify utility verifies the structure of one or more files and the databases they contain.

     The options are as follows:

     -h
        Specify a home directory for the database environment; by default, the current working directory is
        used.

     -o
        Skip the database checks for btree and duplicate sort order and for hashing.

        If the file being verified contains databases with non-default comparison or hashing configurations,
        calling the db_verify utility without the -o flag will usually return failure. The -o flag causes
        db_verify to ignore database sort or hash ordering and allows db_verify to be used on these files.
        To fully verify these files, verify them explicitly using the DB->verify method, after configuring
        the correct comparison or hashing functions.

     -N
        Do not acquire shared region mutexes while running. Other problems, such as potentially 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
        Specify an environment password. Although Berkeley DB utilities overwrite password strings as soon
        as possible, be aware there may be a window of vulnerability on systems where unprivileged users can
        see command-line arguments or where utilities are not able to overwrite the memory containing the
        command-line arguments.

     -q
        Suppress the printing of any error descriptions, simply exit success or failure.

     -V
        Write the library version number to the standard output, and exit.

     The db_verify utility does not perform any locking, even in Berkeley DB environments that are config-ured configured
     ured with a locking subsystem. As such, it should only be used on files that are not being modified by
     another thread of control.

     The db_verify utility may be used with 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, db_verify
     should always be given the chance to detach from the environment and exit gracefully. To cause
     db_verify to release all environment resources and exit cleanly, send it an interrupt signal (SIGINT).

     The db_verify 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.

SEE ALSO
     db_archive(1), db_checkpoint(1), db_deadlock(1), db_dump(1), db_load(1), db_printlog(1), db_recover(1),
     db_stat(1), db_upgrade(1)

Darwin                                        December 3, 2003                                        Darwin