bionic (8) debbugs-dbhash.8.gz

Provided by: debbugs_2.6.0_all bug

NAME
       debbugs-dbhash - migrate a debbugs database to hashed format


SYNOPSIS
       debbugs-dbhash old-db-directory new-db-directory


DESCRIPTION
       debbugs-dbhash  converts  an  old-style  flat  debbugs database into a new-style hashed-directory debbugs
       database, for use with debbugs 2.4 and above.

       The old database is simply copied, and otherwise  left  untouched.   The  directory  given  for  the  new
       database must not already exist.

       In  the hashed format, files with names of the form 1023.log are now stored as 23/1023.log instead.  This
       improves performance on many filesystems for debbugs installations with large numbers of bug reports.


WARNINGS
       debbugs-dbhash will print a warning message for each file whose name is of a form that cannot  be  hashed
       as above.  Typical debbugs installations will have a few of these, usually index files and the like.


AUTHORS
       Adam  Heath  is  primarily  responsible  for the hashed directory support in debbugs.  Colin Watson wrote
       debbugs-dbhash and this man page.

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