---
name: "btedit"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "lifelines"
version: "3.0.61-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/btedit"
---

# btedit(1)

Direct editing of BTREE records

## NAME

btedit - Direct editing of BTREE records

## SYNOPSIS

**btedit \<btree\> \<rkey\>**\

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **btedit** command.

The btedit program is a companion program of the  *Lifelines* genealogy software but may be used with any BTREE database (as long as it uses the same binary arrangement as the lifelines databases).

Only pure ASCII records may be edited with btedit.

## OPTIONS

This program does not use command-line options.

## PARAMETERS

Two parameters are required with the command :

- **btree**

  directory containing the btree database

- **rkey**

  key of the edited record

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Christian Perrier \<bubulle@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).