---
name: "dptest"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "qdbm-util"
version: "1.8.78-13+b3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dptest"
---

# dptest(1)

test cases for QDBM Depot

## NAME

dptest - test cases for QDBM Depot

## SYNOPSIS

**dptest write** \[-s\] *name* *rnum* *bnum*\
 **dptest read** \[-wb\] *name*\
 **dptest rcat** \[-c\] *name* *rnum* *bnum* *pnum* *align*\
 **dptest combo** *name*\
 **dptest wicked** \[-c\] *name* *rnum*

## DESCRIPTION

The command \`dptest' is a utility for facility test and performance test.  Check a database generated by the command or measure the execution time of the command.  This command is used in the following format.  \`name' specifies a database name.  \`rnum' specifies the number of the records.  \`bnum' specifies the number of the elements of the bucket array.  \`pnum' specifies the number of patterns of the keys. \`align' specifies the basic size of alignment.  \`fbpsiz' specifies the size of the free block pool.

- **dptest write \[-s\] name rnum bnum**

  Store records with keys of 8 bytes.  They change as \`00000001', \`00000002'...

- **dptest read \[-wb\] name**

  Retrieve all records of the database above.

- **dptest rcat \[-c\] name rnum bnum pnum align fbpsiz**

  Store records with partway duplicated keys using concatenate mode.

- **dptest combo name**

  Perform combination test of various operations.

- **dptest wicked \[-c\] name rnum**

  Perform updating operations selected at random.

Options feature the following.

**-s** : make the file sparse.\
 **-wb** : use the function \`dpgetwb' instead of the function \`dpget'.\
 **-c** : perform comparison test with map of Cabin.

This command returns 0 on success, another on failure.  The environment variable \`QDBMDBGFD' specifies the file descriptor to output the history of updating the variable \`dpecode'.

## SEE ALSO

[**qdbm**(3)](/qdbm/3.md), [**depot**(3)](/depot/3.md)

## AUTHOR

QDBM was written by Mikio Hirabayashi \<mikio@fallabs.com\>.