.\" Copyright (c) 1999, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution
.TH mkdb 8 "August 2003" "GNATS " "GNATS Admininstration Utilities"
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.SH NAME
mkdb \- create a new GNATS database
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.TP
.B mkdb \fIdatabasename\fR
.ad b
.hy 1
.SH DESCRIPTION
Looks up \fIdatabasename\fR in the GNATS \fBdatabases\fR file and
creates a database in the location specified there.  \fBmkdb\fR
creates the directory and populates it with a set of default files
copied from the /usr/share/gnats/defaults directory.
.P
Note the implications of this: an entry in \fBdatabases\fR must be
created before \fBmkdb\fR is run.
.P
The command should be run as the GNATS user, by default \fBgnats\fR.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B databasename
Specifies the name of the database to be created.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.I Keeping Track: Managing Messages With GNATS
(also installed as the GNU Info file
.BR gnats.info )
.LP
.BR databases (5),
.BR dbconfig (5),
.BR delete-pr (8),
.BR edit-pr (1)
.BR file-pr (8),
.BR gen-index (8),
.BR gnats (7),
.BR gnatsd (8),
.BR mkcat (8),
.BR mkdb (8),
.BR pr-edit (8),
.BR query-pr (1),
.BR queue-pr (8),
.BR send-pr (1).
.SH COPYING
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