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# httxt2dbm - Generate dbm files for use with RewriteMap

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`httxt2dbm` is used to generate dbm files from text input, for use in `RewriteMap` with the `dbm` map type.

### See also

- `httpd`
- `mod_rewrite`

- Comments

## Synopsis

`httxt2dbm [ -v ] [ -f DBM_TYPE ] -i SOURCE_TXT -o OUTPUT_DBM`

## Options

`-v`
  More verbose output
`-f DBM_TYPE`
  Specify the DBM type to be used for the output. If not specified, will use the APR Default. Available types are: `GDBM` for GDBM files, `SDBM` for SDBM files, `DB` for berkeley DB files, `NDBM` for NDBM files, `default` for the default DBM type.
`-i SOURCE_TXT`
  Input file from which the dbm is to be created. The file should be formated with one record per line, of the form: `key value`. See the documentation for `RewriteMap` for further details of this file's format and meaning.
`-o OUTPUT_DBM`
  Name of the output dbm files.

## Examples

`httxt2dbm -i rewritemap.txt -o rewritemap.dbm
httxt2dbm -f SDBM -i rewritemap.txt -o rewritemap.dbm
`

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