NAME¶
mdb-tables - Get listing of tables in an MDB database
SYNOPSIS¶
mdb-tables [-S] [-1 | -d delimiter] database
DESCRIPTION¶
mdb-tables is a utility program distributed with MDB Tools.
It produces a list of tables contained within an MDB
database in a format
suitable for use in shell scripts.
OPTIONS¶
- -S
- Show system tables. System tables are generally those beginning with
'MSys'
- -1
- specifies that the tables should be listed 1 per line.
- -d delimiter
- specifies an alternative delimiter. If no delimiter is
specified, table names will be delimited by a tab character, or by newline
if the -1 option was specified.
NOTES¶
ENVIRONMENT¶
- MDB_JET3_CHARSET
- Defines the charset of the input JET3 (access 97) file. Default is CP1252.
See iconv(1).
- MDBICONV
- Defines the output charset. Default is UTF-8. mdbtools must have been
compiled with iconv.
- MDBOPTS
- semi-column separated list of options:
- •
- use_index
- •
- no_memo
- •
- debug_like
- •
- debug_write
- •
- debug_usage
- •
- debug_ole
- •
- debug_row
- •
- debug_props
- •
- debug_all is a shortcut for all debug_* options
HISTORY¶
mdb-tables first appeared in MDB Tools 0.3.
SEE ALSO¶
gmdb2(1) mdb-export(1) mdb-hexdump(1) mdb-prop(1)
mdb-sql(1) mdb-ver(1) mdb-array(1) mdb-header(1)
mdb-parsecsv(1) mdb-schema(1)
AUTHORS¶
The
mdb-tables utility was written by Brian Bruns.
BUGS¶
- Access allows for tables to have spaces embeded in the table
name.
- You must specify a delimiter (-d) if you intend on piping
the output of mdb-tables to a program such as awk or cut.