---
name: "redland-db-upgrade"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "redland"
version: "1:1.0.17-10"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/redland-db-upgrade"
---

# redland-db-upgrade(1)

upgrade older Redland databases to 0.9.12 format

## NAME

redland-db-upgrade - upgrade older Redland databases to 0.9.12 format

## SYNOPSIS

**redland-db-upgrade** *old BDB Name* *new BDB name*

## DESCRIPTION

*redland-db-upgrade* converts Redland databases from the format in 0.9.11 and earlier into the new format.  It must be run on each Redland database.  For example if database *a* created files *a-sp2o.db*,  *a-so2p.db* and  *a-po2s.db* it could be converted to a new database *b* with:

-

  redland-db-upgrade a b

## SEE ALSO

[**redland**(3)](/redland/3.md),

## AUTHOR

Dave Beckett -  http://purl.org/net/dajobe/ ⟨http://purl.org/net/dajobe/⟩