---
name: "db_printlog"
section: "1db"
platform: "linux"
package: "libdb2-dbg"
version: "2:2.4.14-2.7.7.1.c"
release: "Debian 2.2 (Potato)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/db_printlog/1db"
---

# db\_printlog(1db)

Debugging utility to dump Berkeley DB log files.

## NAME

db\_printlog - Debugging utility to dump Berkeley DB log files.

## SYNOPSIS

**db\_printlog** \[**-N**\] \[**-h home**\]

## DESCRIPTION

The *db\_printlog* utility is a debugging utility that dumps Berkeley DB log files in a human-readable format.

The options are as follows:

- **-h**

  Specify a home directory for the database.

- **-N**

  Do not acquire shared region locks while running. Other problems such as potentially fatal errors in Berkeley DB will be ignored as well. This option is intended only for debugging errors and should not be used under any other circumstances.

The  *db\_printlog* utility attaches to one or more of the Berkeley DB shared memory regions. In order to avoid region corruption, it should always be given the chance to detach and exit gracefully. To cause *db\_printlog* to clean up after itself and exit, send it an interrupt signal (SIGINT).

The  *db\_printlog* utility exits 0 on success, and \>0 if an error occurs.

## ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

- **DB\_HOME**

  If the -h option is not specified and the environment variable **DB\_HOME** is set, it is used as the path of the database home, as described in  *db\_appinit*(3).

## SEE ALSO

[*db\_archive*(1)](/db_archive/1.md), [*db\_checkpoint*(1)](/db_checkpoint/1.md), [*db\_deadlock*(1)](/db_deadlock/1.md), [*db\_dump*(1)](/db_dump/1.md), [*db\_load*(1)](/db_load/1.md), [*db\_recover*(1)](/db_recover/1.md), [*db\_stat*(1)](/db_stat/1.md),