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.TH "HTTXT2DBM" 1 "2026-04-30" "Apache HTTP Server" "httxt2dbm"

.SH NAME
httxt2dbm \- Generate dbm files for use with RewriteMap

.SH "SYNOPSIS"
 
.PP
\fB\fBhttxt2dbm\fR [ -\fBv\fR ] [ -\fBf\fR \fIDBM_TYPE\fR ] -\fBi\fR \fISOURCE_TXT\fR -\fBo\fR \fIOUTPUT_DBM\fR \fR
 

.SH "SUMMARY"
 
.PP
\fBhttxt2dbm\fR is used to generate dbm files from text input, for use in RewriteMap with the \fBdbm\fR map type\&.
 
.PP
If the output file already exists, it will not be truncated\&. New keys will be added and existing keys will be updated\&.
 

.SH "OPTIONS"
 
 
.TP
\fB-v\fR
More verbose output  
.TP
\fB-f \fIDBM_TYPE\fR\fR
Specify the DBM type to be used for the output\&. If not specified, will use the APR Default\&. Available types are: \fBGDBM\fR for GDBM files, \fBSDBM\fR for SDBM files, \fBDB\fR for berkeley DB files, \fBNDBM\fR for NDBM files, \fBdefault\fR for the default DBM type\&.  
.TP
\fB-i \fISOURCE_TXT\fR\fR
Input file from which the dbm is to be created\&. The file should be formatted with one record per line, of the form: \fBkey value\fR\&. See the documentation for RewriteMap for further details of this file's format and meaning\&.  
.TP
\fB-o \fIOUTPUT_DBM\fR\fR
Name of the output dbm files\&.  
 
.SH "EXAMPLES"
 
.nf
 
httxt2dbm -i rewritemap\&.txt -o rewritemap\&.dbm
httxt2dbm -f SDBM -i rewritemap\&.txt -o rewritemap\&.dbm
 
.fi