dbprocs(8)

NAME
dbprocs - Start or stop ovdb housekeeping processes

SYNOPSYS
dbprocs start

dbprocs stop

DESCRIPTION
dbprocs is a script that starts or stops housekeeping processes needed by ovdb. These are: db_checkpoint and db_deadlock, which are assumed to be in $BERKELEY_DB_BINDIR. The dbprocs script also periodically removes old log files.

This command is normally called automatically by rc.news(8).

HISTORY
Written by Heath Kehoe <hakehoe@avalon.net> for InterNetNews.

SEE ALSO
ovdb(5), rc.news(8)