I am running db3 and makemap does not have a -u option.  I copied the db
file over to a system running db4 and tried from there but it complained
that it was from an older version of Berkeley and need to be recreated. 
Any other ideas on reversing it?

Thanks,

Brad

> 
> On 17 Apr 2003, Brad Crotchett wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone know of a way to re-create the original text file that was
> > used to build a hash db file from the db file itself?
> > 
> > I ran makemap hash access.db < access
> > 
> > Then...oops...I ran a script that hosed my access file. Can I get the
> > access file back from the existing access.db file?
> 
> Try "makemap -u hash access.db".  "-u" dumps the db contents.
> 
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Brad Crotchett <brad@ispn.net>
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