---
name: "dbconfig-load-include"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dbconfig-common"
version: "2.0.25"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dbconfig-load-include"
---

# dbconfig-load-include(1)

parse custom format db config files

## NAME

dbconfig-load-include - parse custom format db config files

## SYNOPSIS

**dbconfig-load-include \[-hv\] \[-a\] \[-d\[varname\]\] \[-u\[varname\]\] \[-p\[varname\]\] \[-s\[varname\]\] \[-P\[varname\]\] \[-t\[varname\]\] -f format infile**\

## DESCRIPTION

**dbconfig-load-include** is a program to parse custom format include files containing the information necessary to connect a program to a database resource.  This is primarily intended to be used by the dbconfig-common package to import database settings of packages with pre-existing configurations that have migrated to dbconfig-common.  for more information, please see /usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common.

## OPTIONS

- infile

  use the given config file as input

- **-f**\|--format

  use the given output format (default: sh)

- **-a**\|--all

  include all information in output (default)

- **-d**\|--dbname

  include the dbname in the output

- **-p**\|--dbpass

  include the dbpass in the output

- **-s**\|--dbserver

  include the dbserver in the output

- **-P**\|--dbport

  include the dbport in the output

- **-u**\|--dbuser

  include the dbuser in the output

- **-t**\|--dbtype

  include the dbtype in the output

- **-h**\|--help

  display this helpful message

- **-v**\|--version

  output the version and exit

format is one of a list of include-file style formats for various programming languages.  the current list includes:

- sh

  /bin/sh style include file

- perl

  perl parseable include file

- php

  php parseable include file

- exec

  run the file as a script and interpret its output