---
name: "update-patterndb"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "syslog-ng-core"
version: "4.8.1-5+deb13u1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/update-patterndb"
---

# update-patterndb(1)

Merge patterndb files into a single database.

## NAME

update-patterndb - Merge patterndb files into a single database.

## SYNOPSIS

**update-patterndb**

## DESCRIPTION

This program can be used to merge the various patterndb files under */etc/syslog-ng/patterndb.d* into a system-wide patterndb file, */var/lib/syslog-ng/patterndb.xml*.

It is a thin wrapper around [**pdbtool**(1)](/pdbtool/1.md)'s merge command.

## SEE ALSO

[**pdbtool**(1)](/pdbtool/1.md)

For the full documentation of **syslog-ng**, see **The syslog-ng** **Administrator Guide**, available from

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  **http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/**

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Gergely Nagy \<algernon@madhouse-project.org\>.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2011 Gergely Nagy \<algernon@madhouse-project.org\>. Published under the GNU General Public License version 3, or at your opinion, any later version as published by the FSF.