Renaming a gnu database

[Kathy Zwilling]

Does anyone know if a gnu db can be renamed and used without dire consequences or data loss?

I want to rename one of our sites that uses a gnu db named after it.  When I rename the site I want to rename the db as well and not lose the critical data in it.  

The Xlate and tclproc code that access this db get the name of the db (when using it) based on the site the Xlate/tclproc is running in to avoid hardcoding so xlates/tclprocs can be moved from test to live with no changes required.

Thanks for your help!

Kathy Zwilling

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[James Cobane]

Kathy,

The gnu database is really just a file (with some code built into it); you should be able to simply rename it.  You could try just copying the file to a new name, then running some gdbm commands against the copy via hcitcl.

Hope this helps.

Jim Cobane

Henry Ford Health

[Kathy Zwilling]

Thanks, Jim.   I will give that a try.  I just wanted to make sure there wasn’t some something special there.

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