.TH MDB_DROP 1 "2017/11/19" "LMDB 0.9.90"
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.SH NAME
mdb_drop \- LMDB database delete tool
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mdb_drop
[\c
.BR \-V ]
[\c
.BR \-n ]
[\c
.BR \-d ]
[\c
.BI \-m \ module
[\c
.BI \-w \ password\fR]]
[\c
.BI \-s \ subdb\fR]
.BR \ envpath
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B mdb_drop
utility empties or deletes a database in the specified
environment.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BR \-V
Write the library version number to the standard output, and exit.
.TP
.BR \-n
Operate on an LMDB database which does not use subdirectories.
.TP
.BR \-d
Delete the specified database, don't just empty it.
.TP
.BI \-m \ module
Load the specified dynamic module to utilize cryptographic functions.
This is required to operate on environments that have been configured
with page-level checksums or encryption.
.TP
.BI \-w \ password
Specify the password for an encrypted environment. This is only
used if a cryptography module has been loaded.
.TP
.BR \-s \ subdb
Operate on a specific subdatabase. If no database is specified, only the main database is dropped.
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
Exit status is zero if no errors occur.
Errors result in a non-zero exit status and
a diagnostic message being written to standard error.
.SH AUTHOR
Howard Chu of Symas Corporation <http://www.symas.com>