mkded(1)

NAME
mkded - MicroKernel Database Engine Daemon

SYNOPSIS
mkded [ -start | -stop | -console | -help ]

DESCRIPTION
mkded is the command used to start and stop the MicroKernel Database Engine Daemon, as either a daemon process or in console mode.

In daemon mode mkded runs as a background daemon process. As a daemon, mkded relinquishes the control terminal and becomes the owner of the process group. Informational, warning, and error messages produced by the MKDE are printed to the console window (/dev/console), or to the system log (see syslogd(1)) if the MKDE cannot write to /dev/console.

When mkded is started in console mode, a '>>' prompt will be displayed allowing you to enter interactive commands. Console mode is functionally equivalent to daemon mode, except that MKDE messages are printed to standard out instead of /dev/console (or the system log).

While the MicroKernel Database Engine Daemon is running, the butil(1) Maintenance Utility can be executed to perform a variety of common file and data
 manipulation operations. For example, run 'butil -ver' to print information on the Zen version that is currently running.

OPTIONS
The options described below are supported by mkded. These options are case-insensitive.

-start
    Run the mkded as a daemon process.

-stop
    Terminate execution of mkded that was previously started in daemon mode with the -start command line argument.

-console
    Run the mkded in console mode. When mkded is started in console mode, a '>>' prompt will be displayed allowing you to enter interactive commands. The following commands are supported: 'status' which prints client and file engine status, 'quit' which exits the MKDE process, and '?' which displays help information.

-help
    Provides options for the mkded command.

CONFIGURATION
See Advanced Operations Guide for information on configuring the MicroKernel database engine.

SEE ALSO
butil(1), btadmin(1), syslogd(1), smb.conf(5)

Zen Programmer's Guide and Zen Btrieve API Guide - describes the Btrieve API

Release Notes (README) - contains useful information and release notes.