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>