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<title>httxt2dbm - Generate dbm files for use with RewriteMap</title>

<summary>
    <p><code>httxt2dbm</code> is used to generate dbm files from text input, for
    use in RewriteMap with the <code>dbm</code> map type.
    </p>
</summary>
<seealso><program>httpd</program></seealso>
<seealso><module>mod_rewrite</module></seealso>

<section id="synopsis"><title>Synopsis</title>
    <p><code><strong>httxt2dbm</strong>
    [ -<strong>v</strong> ]
    [ -<strong>f</strong> <var>DBM_TYPE</var> ]
    -<strong>i</strong> <var>SOURCE_TXT</var>
    -<strong>o</strong> <var>OUTPUT_DBM</var>
    </code></p>
</section>

<section id="options"><title>Options</title>
    <dl>
    <dt><code>-v</code></dt>
    <dd>More verbose output</dd>

    <dt><code>-f</code></dt>
    <dd>Specify the DBM type to be used for the output. If not specified, will
    use the <glossary>APR</glossary> Default. Available types are:<br />
    <code>GDBM</code> for GDBM files<br />
    <code>SDBM</code> for SDBM files<br />
    <code>DB</code> for berkeley DB files<br />
    <code>NDBM</code> for NDBM files<br />
    default for the default DBM type
    </dd>

    <dt><code>-i</code></dt>
    <dd>Input file from which the dbm is to be created. The file should be formated
    with one record per line, of the form:<br />
    <code>key value</code><br />
    See the documentation for <directive module="mod_rewrite">RewriteMap</directive> for
    further details of this file's format and meaning.
    </dd>

    <dt><code>-o</code></dt>
    <dd>Name of the output dbm files.</dd>
    </dl>
</section>

<section id="examples"><title>Examples</title>
    <example>
      httxt2dbm -i rewritemap.txt -o rewritemap.dbm<br />
      httxt2dbm -f SDBM -i rewritemap.txt -o rewritemap.dbm<br />
    </example>
</section>

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