httxt2dbm - Generate dbm files for use with RewriteMap

httxt2dbm is used to generate dbm files from text input, for use in RewriteMap with the dbm map type.

If the output file already exists, it will not be truncated. New keys will be added and existing keys will be updated.

Synopsis

httxt2dbm [ -v ] [ -f DBM_TYPE ] -i SOURCE_TXT -o OUTPUT_DBM

Options

-v

More verbose output

-f DBM_TYPE

Specify the DBM type to be used for the output. If not specified, will use the APR Default. Available types are: GDBM for GDBM files, SDBM for SDBM files, DB for berkeley DB files, NDBM for NDBM files, default for the default DBM type.

-i SOURCE_TXT

Input file from which the dbm is to be created. The file should be formated with one record per line, of the form: key value. See the documentation for RewriteMap for further details of this file's format and meaning.

-o OUTPUT_DBM

Name of the output dbm files.

Examples

httxt2dbm -i rewritemap.txt -o rewritemap.dbm
httxt2dbm -f SDBM -i rewritemap.txt -o rewritemap.dbm