NAME

       rpmdb - RPM Database Tool

SYNOPSIS

       rpmdb {--initdb|--rebuilddb}

       rpmdb {--verifydb}

       rpmdb {--exportdb|--importdb}

DESCRIPTION

       The general form of an rpmdb command is

       rpm {--initdb|--rebuilddb} [-v] [--dbpath DIRECTORY] [--root DIRECTORY]

       Use  --initdb  to create a new database if one doesn't already exist (existing database is
       not overwritten), use --rebuilddb to rebuild  the  database  indices  from  the  installed
       package headers.

       --verifydb performs a low-level integrity check on the database.

       --exportdb  exports  the  database  in  header-list  format, suitable for transfporting to
       another host or database type.

       --importdb imports a database from a header-list format as created by --exportdb.

SEE ALSO

       popt(3), rpm(8), rpmkeys(8), rpmsign(8), rpm2cpio(8), rpmbuild(8), rpmspec(8)

       rpm --help - as rpm supports customizing the options via popt aliases it's  impossible  to
       guarantee that what's described in the manual matches what's available.

       http://www.rpm.org/ <URL:http://www.rpm.org/>

AUTHORS

              Marc Ewing <marc@redhat.com>
              Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com>
              Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
              Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>

                                           29 June 2010                                  RPMDB(8)