---
name: "gm-fingerprint_db"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "gnumed-server"
version: "22.31-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gm-fingerprint_db"
---

# gm-fingerprint\_db(8)

GNUmed server fingerprint database

## NAME

**gm-fingerprint\_db** - GNUmed server fingerprint database

## SYNOPSIS

**gm-fingerprint\_db** *\<target database\>* *\<gm-dbo password\>* *\[--with-dump\]*

*\<target database\>:* a GNUmed database (such as "gnumed\_VERSION")

*\<gm-dbo password\>* the password for the database owner \<gm-dbo\>

*\[--with-dump\]* if this option is given a dump of the database schema structure will be included created by:

	SELECT gm.concat\_table\_structure();

## DESCRIPTION

The **gm-fingerprint\_db** script can be used to fingerprint a GNUmed database in order to aid identifying particular databases or verifying database transfers (not upgrades).

The fingerprint of the database is written to the file

**gm\_db-\<target database\>-fingerprint.log**

in the current directory.

## EXAMPLES

Fingerprint the database gnumed\_v20:

**gm-fingerprint\_db** gnumed\_v20 secret-password

Include a database schema structure dump:

**gm-fingerprint\_db** gnumed\_v20 secret-password --with-dump

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Karsten Hilbert \<karsten.hilbert@gmx.net\>.