mkdb(8)          GNATS Admininstration Utilities          mkdb(8)



NAME
       mkdb - create a new GNATS database

SYNOPSIS
       mkdb databasename

DESCRIPTION
       Looks up databasename in the GNATS databases file and cre-
       ates a database in the  location  specified  there.   mkdb
       creates  the  directory and populates it with a set of de-
       fault files  copied  from  the  /usr/local/share/gnats/de-
       faults directory.

       Note  the implications of this: an entry in databases must
       be created before mkdb is run.

       The command should be run as the GNATS  user,  by  default
       gnats.

OPTIONS
       databasename
              Specifies the name of the database to be created.

SEE ALSO
       Keeping  Track:  Managing  Messages  With  GNATS (also in-
       stalled as the GNU Info file gnats.info)

       databases(5), dbconfig(5), delete-pr(8), edit-pr(1)  file-
       pr(8),   gen-index(8),   gnats(7),   gnatsd(8),  mkcat(8),
       mkdb(8), pr-edit(8), query-pr(1), queue-pr(8), send-pr(1).

COPYING
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GNATS                      August 2003                    mkdb(8)