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.TH DB2DATABASE 1 "07 Oct 1993"
.SH NAME
db2database \- make an EPICS binary database from an ascii database
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B db2database
[
.B \-v
]
[
.B \-n dbname
]
[
.B \-s sdr_file_name
]
.IR file
[
.IR file .\|.\|.
]
.SH AVAILABILITY
The tool in available under Unix from the EPICS application directory 
provided by getrel in release 3.11 or greater.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
At least one input file must be specified.  Running
.B db2database
combines the records in all the input ".db" files specified to produce two 
files: a binary ".database" and an ascii ".db" file.  The ascii ".db" file is
send to standard out.  The binary ".database" is generated with the name
from the command line arguments or the name in the first ".db" file specified.
.sp
The 
.I file
parameters must to ascii ".db" files.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-v
Verbose mode, outputs all fields of records to standard out.
If not specified, only fields found in the input file will be printed.
.TP
.B \-n
Names the output database.  This will be the name of the binary .database
file.  If not specified, the name of the database (and .database file)
will be taken from the name of the database in the first file on the 
command line.  Do not include the externsion ".database" when specifying, it
will be added automatically.
.TP
.B \-s
Names the default dctsdr file.  If not specified, it first checks for the
local file ./default.dctsdr.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR gdct(1),
.BR dbfile(5),
.BR sf2db(1),
.BR dbLoadRecords(3),
.sp
.B "GDCT User's Manual"