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+<refentry id="ltdbtool.1">
+
+<refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>ltdbtool</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo class="source"> </refmiscinfo>
+ <refmiscinfo class="manual"> </refmiscinfo>
+</refmeta>
+
+
+<refnamediv>
+ <refname>ltdbtool</refname>
+ <refpurpose>handle ctdb's local tdb copies </refpurpose>
+</refnamediv>
+
+<refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>ltdbtool [OPTIONS] COMMAND</command>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+</refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
+ <para>
+ ltdbtool is a utility to cope with ctdb's local tdb copies (LTDBs)
+ without connecting to a ctdb daemon.
+ </para>
+ <para>It can be used to
+ <itemizedlist spacing='compact'> <!-- mark='opencircle' -->
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ dump the contents of a LTDB, optionally printing the ctdb
+ record header information,
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ convert between an LTDB and a non-clustered tdb
+ by adding or removing ctdb headers and
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>convert between 64 and 32 bit LTDBs where the ctdb record
+ headers differ by 4 bytes of padding.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1><title>COMMANDS</title>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry><term>help</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Print a help text.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term>dump <IDB></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Dump the contents of a LTDB file to standard output in a
+ human-readable format.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>convert <IDB> <ODB></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Make a copy of a LTDB optionally adding or removing ctdb headers.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1><title>OPTIONS</title>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry><term>-p</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Dump with header information, similar to "ctdb catdb".
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>-s {0|32|64}</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Specify how to determine the ctdb record header size
+ for the input database:
+ <variablelist spacing="normal">
+ <varlistentry><term>0</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>no ctdb header</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term>32</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>ctdb header size of a 32 bit system (20 bytes)</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term>64</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>ctdb header size of a 64 bit system (24 bytes)</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ The default is 32 or 64 depending on the system architecture.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>-o {0|32|64}</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Specify how to determine the ctdb record header size
+ for the output database, see -s
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>-S <SIZE></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Explicitly specify the ctdb record header size of the input database in bytes.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>-O <SIZE></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Explicitly specify the ctdb record header size for the output database in bytes.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>-h</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Print a help text.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1><title>EXAMPLES</title>
+ <para>
+ Print a local tdb in "tdbdump" style:
+ </para>
+ <screen format="linespecific">
+ ltdbtool dump idmap2.tdb.0
+ </screen>
+
+ <para>
+ Print a local tdb with header information similar to "ctdb catdb":
+ </para>
+ <screen format="linespecific">
+ ltdbtool dump -p idmap2.tdb.0
+ </screen>
+
+ <para>
+ Strip the ctdb headers from records:
+ </para>
+ <screen format="linespecific">
+ ltdbtool convert -o0 idmap2.tdb.0 idmap.tdb
+ </screen>
+
+ <para>
+ Strip 64 bit ctdb headers from records, running on i386:
+ </para>
+ <screen format="linespecific">
+ ltdbtool convert -s64 -o0 idmap2.tdb.0 idmap.tdb
+ </screen>
+
+ <para>
+ Strip the ctdb headers from records by piping through tdbrestore:
+ </para>
+ <screen format="linespecific">
+ ltdbtool dump idmap2.tdb.0 | tdbrestore idmap.tdb
+ </screen>
+
+ <para>
+ Convert a local tdb from a 64 bit system for usage on a 32 bit system:
+ </para>
+ <screen format="linespecific">
+ ltdbtool convert -s64 -o32 idmap2.tdb.0 idmap2.tdb.1
+ </screen>
+
+ <para>
+ Add a default header:
+ </para>
+ <screen format="linespecific">
+ ltdbtool convert -s0 idmap.tdb idmap2.tdb.0
+ </screen>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1><title>SEE ALSO</title>
+ <para>
+ ctdbd(1), ctdb(1), tdbdump(1), tdbrestore(1),
+ <ulink url="http://ctdb.samba.org/"/>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+ <refsect1><title>COPYRIGHT/LICENSE</title>
+<literallayout>
+Copyright (C) Gregor Beck 2011
+Copyright (C) Michael Adam 2011
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+</literallayout>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>