man 8 rpmdb

RPMDB(8)                                                              RPMDB(8)

NAME
       rpmdb - RPM Database Tool

SYNOPSIS
       rpmdb {--initdb|--rebuilddb}

       rpmdb {--verifydb}

       rpmdb {--exportdb|--importdb}

DESCRIPTION
       The general form of an rpmdb command is

       rpm {--initdb|--rebuilddb} [-v] [--dbpath DIRECTORY] [--root DIRECTORY]

       Use --initdb to create a new database if one doesn't already exist (ex-
       isting database is not overwritten), use  --rebuilddb  to  rebuild  the
       database indices from the installed package headers.

       --verifydb performs a low-level integrity check on the database.

       --exportdb  exports  the  database  in header-list format, suitable for
       transfporting to another host or database type.

       --importdb imports a database from a header-list format as  created  by
       --exportdb.

SEE ALSO
       popt(3), rpm(8), rpmkeys(8), rpmsign(8), rpm2cpio(8), rpmbuild(8), rpm-
       spec(8)

       rpm --help - as rpm supports customizing the options via  popt  aliases
       it's impossible to guarantee that what's described in the manual match-
       es what's available.

       http://www.rpm.org/ <URL:http://www.rpm.org/> 

AUTHORS
              Marc Ewing <marc@redhat.com> 
              Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com> 
              Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com> 
              Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com> 

                                 29 June 2010                         RPMDB(8)