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.\"    Manual: System Administration tools
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.SH "NAME"
tdbdump \- tool for printing the contents of a TDB file
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBtdbdump\fR\ 'u
\fBtdbdump\fR [\-k\ \fIkeyname\fR] [\-e] [\-h] {filename}
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This tool is part of the
\fBsamba\fR(1)
suite\&.
.PP
\fBtdbdump\fR
is a very simple utility that \*(Aqdumps\*(Aq the contents of a TDB (Trivial DataBase) file to standard output in a human\-readable format\&.
.PP
This tool can be used when debugging problems with TDB files\&. It is intended for those who are somewhat familiar with Samba internals\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\-h
.RS 4
Get help information\&.
.RE
.PP
\-k \fIkeyname\fR
.RS 4
The
\fB\-k\fR
option restricts dumping to a single key, if found\&.
.RE
.PP
\-e
.RS 4
The
\fB\-e\fR
tries to dump out from a corrupt database\&. Naturally, such a dump is unreliable, at best\&.
.RE
.SH "VERSION"
.PP
This man page is correct for version 3 of the Samba suite\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell\&. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed\&.
.PP
The tdbdump man page was written by Jelmer Vernooij\&.