DBD(1)

NAME
dbd - CNID database maintenance

SYNOPSIS

dbd [-cfFstuvV] volumepath

DESCRIPTION

dbd scans all file and directories of AFP volumes, updating the CNID database of the volume. It must be run with appropriate permissions i.e. as root..

OPTIONS

-c
    convert from "appledouble = v2" to "appledouble = ea"

-f
    delete and recreate CNID database

-F
    location of the afp.conf config file

-s
    scan volume: treat the volume as read only and don't perform any filesystem modifications

-t
    show statistics while running

-u
    username for use with AFP volumes using user variable $u

-v
    verbose

-V
    display version info

CNID BACKGROUND

The CNID backends maintains name to ID mappings. If you change a filename outside afpd(8) (shell, samba), the CNID database will not reflect that change. Netatalk tries to recover from such inconsistencies as gracefully as possible.

SEE ALSO

cnid_metad(8), cnid_dbd(8)