NAME¶

dbverify - Check a Lifelines database

SYNOPSIS¶

dbverify [ options ] file

DESCRIPTION¶

This manual page documents briefly the dbverify command.

The dbverify program is a companion program of the Lifelines genealogy software, and is used to check an existing lifelines database for errors.

OPTIONS¶

-a

Perform all checks (does not include fixes)

-g

Check for ghosts (names/refns)

-G

Check for & fix ghosts (names/refns)

-i

Check individuals

-f

Check families

-F

Alter any bad family lineage pointers (to _badptr)

-h

command-line help

-s

Check sours

-e

Check events

-x

Check others

-l

Check database structure

-m

Check for records missing data entries

-M

Fix records missing data entries

-D

Fix bad delete entries

-n

Noisy (echo every record processed)

AUTHOR¶

This manual page was written by Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).