mkdbase Menu Interface

The mkdbase menu interface, also known as interactive mode, is available only when creating a new database.

If run without any command line parameters or options, mkdbase prompts for the database name:

Database name:

When you respond to this prompt with a name (provided that the name is unknown) a menu similar to the following is displayed:

             mkdbase main menu
             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 1)               Name: mydb
 2)             Folder: mydb
 3)          Create in: C:/Cora/Dbase
 4)               Type: Partition Database Single File System
 5)               Size: 20000 frames
 6)             Unlock: No
 7)          Emulation: Reality
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 8)          Hash Type: Hash-11 (Long IID)
 9)         Frame size: 1 KB
10) IID Case sensitive: Yes
Sub menus
 A) Advanced    P) Partition Database
Enter number to change or A/P or B - build, Q - quit:

At the prompt, enter one of the following:

• The number of the option to change. You will be prompted to enter a new value.

• A or a to display the Advanced menu.

• P or p to display the Partition Database menu.

• B or b to create your database and return to the host command prompt.

• Q or q to exit without saving and return to the host command prompt.

Menu Options

The mkdbase main menu contains the following options:

1) Name The name of the database. Changing this option does the following:

• Sets the name of the directory in which the database will be created (Folder option). This directory must not already exist.

• Sets the database type (option 4) depending on the type of entry (if any) in the realfstab file.

2) Folder Sets the name of the directory in which the database will be created. This directory must not already exist. You can change this parameter to use a directory with a name different to that of the database.

Note that if you specified a path on the command line, this is the final element of this path.

3) Create in The path of the directory in which to create the database directory. The default is the directory from which you ran mkdbase (unless specified on the command line). This directory must exist.

4) Type One of the following, depending on the type of entry (if any) in the realfstab file:

• Partition Database Single File System. Used if there is no entry in realfstab.

• Partition Database Multi File System. Used if realfstab specifies a Multiple File Database.

• Partition Database Multi Partition. Used if realfstab specifies a Multiple Partition Database.

If you attempt to change this option, a message about the realfstab file is displayed.

5) Size The size of the database (20000 frames minimum). Use the appropriate suffix to specify terabytes (T), gigabytes (G), megabytes (M) or frames (F). When you press RETURN, details of the number of frames and files, and their size is displayed.

If the database is specified in realfstab, this option cannot be changed.

6) Unlock Whether to unlock the new database; enter Y or N.

7) Emulation This option sets various options so that the database will be compatible with a particular type of MultiValue system. The following settings are available:

Setting	Hash type	Frame size	IID Case sensitive	DataCaseControl	KeyCaseControl	Case-insensitive SYSTEM file	Default operating environment
Reality	Hash-11	1	Yes	0	0	0	REALITY
Reality Hash-10	Hash-10	1	Yes	0	0	0	REALITY
D3	Hash-10	4	No	1	1	1	D3
mvEnterprise	Hash-10	4	Yes	0	0	0	mvEnterprise
mvBase	Hash-10	2	Yes	0	0	0	mvBase
UniVerse	Hash-10	4	Yes	0	0	0	UniVerse

8) Hash Type Sets the hash type for the database. Enter one of the following:

1 Hash-10 - compatible with most other MultiValue databases.

2 Hash-11 - the current Reality hashing algorithm.

9) Frame size The required size in kilobytes of the frames used within the database. Enter 1, 2, 4 or 8.

10) IID Case sensitive
Whether the database will support case-sensitivity as regards item-ids.

Advanced Menu

If you enter A at the main mkdbase menu, the following menu is displayed:

             Advanced sub menu
             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 1)           SYSTEM file modulo: 23
 2) Case insensitive SYSTEM file: No
               Owner only access: N/A
 4)                 Verbose mode: No
 5)            Run SYS-LOAD PROC: Yes

Enter number to change or R - return, Q - quit [R]:

At the prompt, enter one of the following:

• The number of the option to change. You will be prompted to enter a new value.

• R or r to save your changes and return to the main menu.

• Q or q to exit without saving and return to the host command prompt.

The Advanced menu contains the following options:

Partition Database Menu

If you enter P at the main mkdbase menu, the following menu is displayed:

             Partition Database sub menu
             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 1)            Stripe size: 16 frames
 2)              Num Files: 10
 3)  Free space table size: 167 frames
 4)  Initialise free space: No
                 realfstab: /etc/realfstab
Enter number to change or R - return, Q - quit [R]:

At the prompt, enter one of the following:

• The number of the option to change. You will be prompted to enter a new value.

• R or r to save your changes and return to the main menu.

• Q or q to exit without saving and return to the host command prompt.

The Advanced menu contains the following options:

See Also

mkdbase Command Line Interface, Using mkdbase, realfstab file.