dbbatch -- Batch input of data into canonical data base
dbbatch [-a] [-b basename] [=D] [-h] [-e filename]
-a[dd] incorporates (blindly) all inputs as additions to database -A[dd] do not complain that a record marked for addition alreay exists (but do not update or duplicate the existing entry) -b[ase] following is basename: basename.cdb is used as the compressed database to be edited basename.idb is used as the edited database input file default basename is "parts". -D[elete] do not complain if record marked for deletion does not exist -e[dit] following filename contains the edit instructions default is to use STDIN. -h[elp] produces this help messagn. -v[erbose] produces diagnotics on STDOUT.
This command takes a Tab-Separated-Value file, in format identical to that produced by the custom report generator (dbreport), and produces a new *.idb file based upon applying those edits to the existing *.cdb file. In the "change" mode, which is the default, an "*EDIT*" field must be included in each line, whose valid contents may only be
Lines starting with a "#" are considered comments and ignored.
None reported yet.
dbreport
Bob Goeke
$Id: dbbatch,v 1.9 2013/07/19 12:25:43 goeke Exp goeke $