Berkeley DB

Db::verify

						#include <db_cxx.h>
						int
						Db::verify(const char *file,
						const char *database, ostream *outfile, u_int32_t flags);
					

Description

The Db::verify method verifies the integrity of all databases in the file specified by the file argument, and optionally outputs the databases’ key/data pairs to a file stream.

The flags parameter must be set to 0 or one of the following values:

• DB_SALVAGE Write the key/data pairs from all databases in the file to the file stream named in the outfile argument. The output format is the same as that specified for the db_dump utility, and can be used as input for the db_load utility.

  Because the key/data pairs are output in page order as opposed to the sort order used by db_dump, using Db::verify to dump key/data ...