Reference

dbprocs(8)

Start or stop ovdb housekeeping processes

NAME

dbprocs - Start or stop ovdb housekeeping processes

SYNOPSYS

dbprocs start

dbprocs stop

DESCRIPTION

dbprocs is a script that starts or stops housekeeping processes needed by ovdb. These are: db_checkpoint and db_deadlock, which are assumed to be in $BERKELEY_DB_BINDIR. The dbprocs script also periodically removes old log files.

This command is normally called automatically by rc.news(8).

HISTORY

Written by Heath Kehoe <[email protected]> for InterNetNews.

SEE ALSO

ovdb(5), rc.news(8)