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.TH kamdbctl 8 05.02.2009 Kamailio "Kamailio"
.SH NAME
kamdbctl \- Kamailio database control tool
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B kamdbctl
.BI command
[
.BI parameters
]

.SH DESCRIPTION
.B kamdbctl
is a script to maintain the database needed by some Kamalio modules.

.SH Configuration
Before you can use 
.B kamdbctl 
you have to select a database engine in the kamctlrc file.
Just change the DBENGINE parameter in the respective section in kamctlrc.
.TP
Valid values are: MYSQL, PGSQL, ORACLE, DB_BERKELEY, DBTEXT.
.TP 
The default is 'none'.
.TP
The username, password, database name and other settings can be configured by editing the kamctrl script.

.SH COMMANDS
.B backup <file> 
Dumps the current database to a file.
.TP
.B copy <new_db> 
Creates a new database from an existing one.
.TP
.B create <db name or db_path, optional> 
Creates a new database with the specified name, or the default if no name is given.
.TP
.B drop <db name or db_path, optional> 
Entirely deletes the database with the specified name, or the default if no name is given.
.TP
.B extra 
Adds the extra tables
.TP
.B migrate <old_db> <new_db> 
Migrates database tables from an old version to the actual version.
.TP
.B presence 
Adds the presence related tables.
.TP
.B reinit <db name or db_path, optional> 
Entirely deletes and than re-creates tables.
.TP
.B restore <file> 
Restores tables from a file.

.SH NOTES
Not all databases scripts support all commands.

.SH FILES
.PD 0
.I /etc/kamailio/.kamctlrc
.br
.I /usr/local/etc/kamailio/.kamctlrc
.br
.I ~/.kamctlrc
.br

.SH AUTHORS

see 
.B /usr/share/doc/kamailio/AUTHORS

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR kamailio(8),
.BR kamailio.cfg(5)
.PP
Full documentation on Kamailio is available at
.I http://www.kamailio.org/.
.PP
Mailing lists:
.nf 
users@lists.kamailio.org - Kamailio user community
.nf 
devel@lists.kamailio.org - Kamailio development, new features and unstable version