---
name: "esedbinfo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libesedb-utils"
version: "20240420-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/esedbinfo"
---

# esedbinfo(1)

determines information about an Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) Database File (EDB)

## NAME

**esedbinfo** – determines information about an Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) Database File (EDB)

## SYNOPSIS

**esedbinfo** \[**-hvV**\] *source*

## DESCRIPTION

**esedbinfo** is a utility to determine information about an Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) Database File (EDB)

**esedbinfo** is part of the **libesedb** package. **libesedb** is a library to access the Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) Database File (EDB) format

*source* is the source file.

The options are as follows:

- **-h**

  shows this help

- **-v**

  verbose output to stderr

- **-V**

  print version

## ENVIRONMENT

None

## FILES

None

## EXAMPLES

```
# esedbinfo Windows.edb
esedbinfo 20110114
Extensible Storage Engine Database information:
        File type:              Database
        Created in format:      0x620,12
        Current format:         0x620,12
        Page size:              8192 bytes
Catalog content:
        Amount of tables:       15
Table: 1                        MSysObjects (2)
        Amount of columns:      22
        Column: 1               ObjidTable (1)
        Column: 2               Type (2)
        Column: 3               Id (3)
        Column: 4               ColtypOrPgnoFDP (4)
        Column: 5               SpaceUsage (5)
        Column: 6               Flags (6)
        Column: 7               PagesOrLocale (7)
        Column: 8               RootFlag (8)
        Column: 9               RecordOffset (9)
        Column: 10              LCMapFlags (10)
        Column: 11              KeyMost (11)
        Column: 12              Name (128)
        Column: 13              Stats (129)
        Column: 14              TemplateTable (130)
        Column: 15              DefaultValue (131)
        Column: 16              KeyFldIDs (132)
        Column: 17              VarSegMac (133)
        Column: 18              ConditionalColumns (134)
        Column: 19              TupleLimits (135)
        Column: 20              Version (136)
        Column: 21              CallbackData (256)
        Column: 22              CallbackDependencies (257)
        Amount of indexes:      3
        Index: 1                Id (2)
        Index: 2                Name (4)
        Index: 3                RootObjects (5)
Table: 2                        MSysObjectsShadow (3)
...
```

## DIAGNOSTICS

Errors, verbose and debug output are printed to stderr when verbose output -v is enabled. Verbose and debug output are only printed when enabled at compilation.

## BUGS

Please report bugs of any kind to \<joachim.metz@gmail.com\> or on the project website: https://github.com/libyal/libesedb/

## AUTHOR

These man pages were written by Joachim Metz.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2009-2013, Joachim Metz \<joachim.metz@gmail.com\>.

## SEE ALSO