dbprocs(8) - Linux man page
Name
dbprocs - Start or stop ovdb housekeeping processes
Synopsys
dbprocs start
dbprocs stop
Description
dbprocs is a script that starts or stops housekeeping processes needed by ovdb. These are: db_checkpoint and db_deadlock, which are assumed to be in $BERKELEY_DB_BINDIR. The dbprocs script also periodically removes old log files.
This command is normally called automatically by rc.news(8).
History
Written by Heath Kehoe <hakehoe@avalon.net> for InterNetNews.