mdb-tables (1) - Linux Manuals

mdb-tables: Get listing of tables in an MDB database

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.

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.