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.TH "TALER-EXCHANGE-DBINIT" "1" "Apr 16, 2023" "0.9" "GNU Taler"
.SH NAME
taler-exchange-dbinit \- initialize Taler exchange database
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBtaler\-exchange\-dbinit\fP
[\fB\-c\fP\ \fIFILENAME\fP\ |\ \fB\-\-config=\fP‌\fIFILENAME\fP]
[\fB\-g\fP\ |\ \fB\-\-gc\fP]
[\fB\-h\fP\ |\ \fB\-\-help\fP]
[\fB\-L\fP\ \fILOGLEVEL\fP\ |\ \fB\-\-loglevel=\fP‌\fILOGLEVEL\fP]
[\fB\-l\fP\ \fIFILENAME\fP\ |\ \fB\-\-logfile=\fP‌\fIFILENAME\fP]
[\fB\-r\fP\ |\ \fB\-\-reset\fP]
[\fB\-s\fP\ |\ \fB\-\-shardunlock\fP]
[\fB\-v\fP\ |\ \fB\-\-version\fP]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fBtaler\-exchange\-dbinit\fP is a command\-line tool to initialize the Taler
exchange database. It creates the necessary tables and indices for the
Taler exchange to operate.
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Its options are as follows:
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\fB\-c\fP \fIFILENAME\fP | \fB\-\-config=\fP‌\fIFILENAME\fP
Use the configuration and other resources for the exchange to operate
from \fIFILENAME\fP\&.
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\fB\-g\fP | \fB\-\-gc\fP
Garbage collect database. Deletes all unnecessary data in the
database.
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\fB\-h\fP | \fB\-\-help\fP
Print short help on options.
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\fB\-L\fP \fILOGLEVEL\fP | \fB\-\-loglevel=\fP‌\fILOGLEVEL\fP
Specifies the log level to use. Accepted values are: \fBDEBUG\fP, \fBINFO\fP,
\fBWARNING\fP, \fBERROR\fP\&.
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\fB\-l\fP \fIFILENAME\fP | \fB\-\-logfile=\fP‌\fIFILENAME\fP
Send logging output to \fIFILENAME\fP\&.
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\fB\-r\fP | \fB\-\-reset\fP
Drop tables. Dangerous, will delete all existing data in the database
before creating the tables.
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\fB\-s\fP | \fB\-\-shardunlock\fP
Clears the (revolving) shards table. Needed to clear locks that may be held after a crash (of taler\-exchange\-aggregator or the operating system, say due to power outage) or if the AGGREGATOR_SHARD_SIZE option is changed in the configuration file.
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\fB\-v\fP | \fB–version\fP
Print version information.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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taler\-exchange\-httpd(1), taler\-exchange\-offline(1),
taler\-exchange\-reservemod(1), taler.conf(5).
.SH BUGS
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Report bugs by using \fI\%https://bugs.taler.net\fP or by sending electronic
mail to <\fI\%taler@gnu.org\fP>.
.SH AUTHOR
GNU Taler contributors
.SH COPYRIGHT
2014-2022 Taler Systems SA (GPLv3+ or GFDL 1.3+)
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