---
name: "scrollkeeper-rebuilddb"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "scrollkeeper"
version: "0.3.14-16"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/scrollkeeper-rebuilddb"
---

# scrollkeeper-rebuilddb(8)

rebuild the scrollkeeper document catalog database

## NAME

scrollkeeper-rebuilddb - rebuild the scrollkeeper document catalog database

## SYNOPSIS

**scrollkeeper-rebuilddb** \[-p   *path* \] \[-v\] \[-q\]

## DESCRIPTION

This rebuilds the ScrollKeeper database from the original OMF metadata files and documents.  Under normal situations, this tool is not necessary.  It is useful however if the database becomes corrupt, which could be caused by interruption of ScrollKeeper during an update of the database.

Errors and warnings are logged to /var/log/scrollkeeper.log.

## OPTIONS

- *-p path*

  Use *path* as the ScrollKeeper database directory.

- *-v*

  Verbose.  Show warnings and error messages in addition to  logging them to /var/log/scrollkeeper.log.

- *-q*

  Run in quiet mode, suppressing output of all but the most serious warning and error messages to STDOUT.  Note that most output to the log file will be unchanged.

## FILES

**/var/lib/scrollkeeper/scrollkeeper\_docs**\
 **/var/lib/scrollkeeper/TOC/\<docnumber\>**\
 **/var/lib/scrollkeeper/\<locale\>/scrollkeeper\_cl.xml**\
 **/var/lib/scrollkeeper/\<locale\>/scrollkeeper\_extended\_cl.xml**\
 **/var/log/scrollkeeper.log**

## AUTHOR

Laszlo Kovacs   \<laszlo.kovacs@sun.com\>\
 Dan Mueth       \<d-mueth@uchicago.edu\>

## SEE ALSO

[scrollkeeper-config(1)](/scrollkeeper-config/1.md), [scrollkeeper-gen-seriesid(1)](/scrollkeeper-gen-seriesid/1.md), [scrollkeeper.conf(5)](/scrollkeeper.conf/5.md), [scrollkeeper(7)](/scrollkeeper/7.md), [scrollkeeper-preinstall(8)](/scrollkeeper-preinstall/8.md), [scrollkeeper-update(8)](/scrollkeeper-update/8.md)