-.TH MDB_COPY 1 "2012/12/12" "LMDB 0.9.5"
-.\" Copyright 2012 Howard Chu, Symas Corp. All Rights Reserved.
+.TH MDB_COPY 1 "2014/07/01" "LMDB 0.9.14"
+.\" Copyright 2012-2018 Howard Chu, Symas Corp. All Rights Reserved.
.\" Copying restrictions apply. See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE.
.SH NAME
mdb_copy \- LMDB environment copy tool
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mdb_copy
-.I srcpath\ [dstpath]
+[\c
+.BR \-V ]
+[\c
+.BR \-c ]
+[\c
+.BR \-n ]
+.B srcpath
+[\c
+.BR dstpath ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B mdb_copy
utility copies an LMDB environment. The environment can
be copied regardless of whether it is currently in use.
+No lockfile is created, since it gets recreated at need.
If
.I dstpath
is specified it must be the path of an empty directory
for storing the backup. Otherwise, the backup will be
written to stdout.
+
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.BR \-V
+Write the library version number to the standard output, and exit.
+.TP
+.BR \-c
+Compact while copying. Only current data pages will be copied; freed
+or unused pages will be omitted from the copy. This option will
+slow down the backup process as it is more CPU-intensive.
+Currently it fails if the environment has suffered a page leak.
+.TP
+.BR \-n
+Open LDMB environment(s) which do not use subdirectories.
+
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
Exit status is zero if no errors occur.
Errors result in a non-zero exit status and
a diagnostic message being written to standard error.
+.SH CAVEATS
+This utility can trigger significant file size growth if run
+in parallel with write transactions, because pages which they
+free during copying cannot be reused until the copy is done.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR mdb_stat (1)
.SH AUTHOR
projects / openldap / blobdiff