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To help you understand the comprehensive set of utilities provided with the FairCom product, this section provides listing of these utilities. If you are new to FairCom, this is a starting place for unlocking the power of this environment. If you have been using FairCom for a while, this section provides a refresher course.
In this section, the command-line utilities are in alphabetical order. The intended purpose (administration, data integrity, etc.) is shown under Purpose. When a GUI version is available, the name of that tool is indicated in GUI Version.
Many of these utilities have recently been enhanced or fixed; the details of those updates are listed in the next sections.
ctadmn - c-treeACE Server Administrator Utility
Manage users, groups, and files; monitor users logged on to the server; and disconnect a user from the server.
Purpose: Administration, Security
GUI Version: c-treeACE Security Administrator; c-treeACE Monitor
ctclntrn - Clean Transaction Mark Utility
“Cleans” the high-water transactions marks within a c-treeACE index.
Purpose: Maintenance
ctcmdset - Create Encrypted Password File
Create an encrypted password file from a text file.
Purpose: Administration, Security
ctcmpcif - IFIL-based Compact Utility
Reads the IFIL structure from the data file and calls CompactIFileXtd() and RebuildIFileXtd() to compact and rebuild it and its associated indexes.
Purpose: Administration, Maintenance
ctcv43 - Convert V4.3 Data File to c-tree Plus Format
Convert an older c-tree V4.3 data file to the current c-treeACE format.
Purpose: Administration, Conversion, Migration, Version Upgrade
ctcv67 - Extended File Conversion Utility
Convert data and index files from Standard to Extended c-treeACE format; adding huge file support, changing segment support, and compacting the output file
Purpose: Administration, Conversion, Migration, Version Upgrade
ctdidx - Create Flat Key File
Create a flat key file containing each key value at full, uncompressed length followed by the associated long integer, 4-byte, record position.
Purpose: Administration, Conversion, Migration, Version Upgrade
ctdmpidx - Index Dump Utility
View index header details, nodes, and key values.
Purpose: Diagnostics
ctdump - Dynamic Dump Utility
Back up data files controlled by c-treeACE Server.
Purpose: Administration, Recovery
ctencrypt - Utility to Change Master Password
New! Change the master password for specified c-treeACE data, index, and transaction log files.
Purpose: Administration, Security
ctfchk - File Checksum Utility
Calculate the checksum on all active records in a fixed-length data file, which can be used to compare the record contents of two fixed-length data files.
Purpose: Diagnostics
ctfdmp - Roll Forward Dump System Recovery Utility
Restore data to a given time following a ctrdmp restore.
Purpose: Administration, Recovery
ctfileid - Update File IDs
Update the file IDs of the file header so different applications and/or client nodes can refer to the same file with different names (e.g., to accommodate different drive or path mappings).
Purpose: Administration, Data Integrity, Maintenance
ctflat - Create c-treeACE Plus File from a Flat File
Create a fixed-length data file with a specified record length from an existing flat file.
Purpose: Administration, Migration
ctflvrfy - Index Verify Utility
Calls the ctVERIFY() and chkidx() functions to verify and optionally inspect an index file.
Purpose: Diagnostics
cthghtrn - Display High-Water Mark for Transactions
Shows the high-water transaction marks within an index file (used when the transaction mark number gets too large).
Purpose: Diagnostics
ctidmp - Examine Dump Files Utility
List all or part of a dynamic dump file.
Purpose: Diagnostics
ctin43 - Create Flat Key File
Create a flat key file from a c-tree V4.3 index file by dumping keys for designated index member to a flat file (index must first be converted from V4.1F-V4.3C using ctin43 and then ctindx).
Purpose: Administration, Conversion, Migration, Version Upgrade
ctindx - Create Index File from Flat Key File
Create an index file from a flat key file, such as the flat key file produced by ctin43.
Purpose: Administration, Conversion, Migration, Version Upgrade
ctinfo - Incremental ISAM Utility
Retrieves IFIL and DODA structures and XCREblk extended header information (if available) from a c-treeACE file.
Purpose: Diagnostics
ctldmp - Transaction Log Dump
Perform a partial dump of the transaction logs to assist the developer in problem resolution.
Purpose: Diagnostics
ctmark - Simulated Data Generation Test
Use a parameter file that contains 128-byte fixed-length records keyed by unique number, name, and department code (the names vary in length, with a typical amount of leading character redundancy; the department codes are highly repetitive).
Purpose: Sample Programs
ctmove - Move Files without Stopping c-treeACE Server
Move files without stopping c-treeACE Server to minimize downtime during file recovery.
Purpose: Administration, Maintenance, Recovery
ctmtap - Low-Level Multi-Threaded Test
A multi-threaded version of ctmark that demonstrates FairCom’s Multi-thread API by running a trial of database operations.
Purpose: Sample Programs
ctmtlk - Lock Operation Test Utility
Ensure proper locking with the multi-threaded stand-alone model.
Not built by default; source available at ..sdk\Xtras\ctree.samples\isam
Purpose: Diagnostics
ctquiet - Quiesce c-treeACE Utility
Temporarily suspend operation of the server for specific files/actions.
Purpose: Administration, Maintenance
ctrbldif - IFIL-based Rebuild Utility
Reads the IFIL structure from the header and calls RebuildIFileXtd() to rebuild the file and its indexes.
Purpose: Administration, Data Integrity, Maintenance
ctrdmp - Rollback Dump Recovery Utility
Restore dumps created with ctdump; also performs data roll backs.
Purpose: Administration, Recovery
ctredirect - IFIL Update Utility for Redirected Filenames
Allows a file to be repositioned into another location following autorecovery, dynamic dump restore, or replication.
Purpose: Administration, Maintenance, Recovery
ctsbld - Superfile Rebuild Pre-Pass
Verifies the deleted space in the data file and recreates, in place, any companion index files.
Purpose: Administration, Maintenance, Superfile Integrity
ctsbldm - Rebuild Superfile Index Members
Rebuild superfile index members without having to process the entire superfile (assuming the data file is not corrupt, contains an IFIL describing all the indexes, and the superfile is intact except for the indexes in question).
Purpose: Administration, Maintenance, Superfile Integrity
ctscmp - Superfile Compact Utility
Compact and rebuild a superfile and all of its members (provided the IFIL resources are present in the superfile data members).
Purpose: Administration, Maintenance, Superfile Integrity
ctsfex - Superfile Data Export Utility
Export data from a superfile to another superfile or to individual files identical to the superfile members.
Purpose: Administration, Maintenance, Superfile Integrity
ctsfil - Superfile Contents Utility
List members of the superfile, indicating if each member is an index file, fixed-length data file, or variable-length data file.
Purpose: Administration, Maintenance, Superfile Integrity
ctsqlbigint - c-treeACE SQL Big Integer Fix Utility
Detect and correct BIGINT issues on HIGH LOW machines should they occur.
Area: SQL
Purpose: Diagnostics, Administration, Data Integrity, SQL Tools
ctsqlcdb - c-treeACE SQL Database Maintenance Utility
Create, add, or drop a c-treeACE SQL database from the server.
Area: SQL
Purpose: Administration, Maintenance, SQL Tools
ctsqlimp - c-treeACE SQL Import Utility
“Register” (link) existing files to a c-treeACE SQL database without modifying the table structure so the files remain accessible from the original application.
Area: SQL
Purpose: Administration, Conversion, Migration, SQL Tools
ctsqlmdd - c-treeACE SQL Move Database Utility
Move a database from one system to another, including path changes to be reflected in the session and database dictionaries.
Area: SQL
Purpose: Administration, SQL Tools
ctsqlutl - c-treeACE SQL Table Maintenance Utility
Perform maintenance on databases, including renaming tables and columns.
Area: SQL
Purpose: Administration, Maintenance, SQL Tools
ctstat - Statistics Utility
Display statistics collected by the server for real-time monitoring of critical operations.
Purpose: Monitoring, Diagnostics
GUI: c-treeACE Monitor, c-treeACE Gauges
ctstress - Perform Record Operations
Perform various database operations for use as a test.
Not built by default; source at ..\Xtras\ctree.samples\special\utils
Purpose: Sample Programs
ctsysm - Server Status Log Monitoring Utility
Monitor c-treeACE Server status log entries.
Purpose: Administration, Monitoring
cttctx - Performance Test Utility
Simulate high load conditions as a client benchmark test of operations for profiling performance and verifying application performance.
GUI: c‑treeLoadTest
Purpose: Performance, Sample Programs
cttpca - TPC-A Benchmark Test Program
A benchmark utility that implements Transaction Processing Performance Council Benchmark A test (TPC-A) to emulate an update-intensive database environment.
GUI: c-treeACE TPCA Test
Purpose: Sample Programs
cttrap - Communications Trap Playback Utility
A multi-threaded client application that “plays back” a TRAP_COMM log file.
Purpose: Diagnostics
cttrnmod - Change Transaction Mode Utility
Display or change the transaction status of a data file and its associated index files.
Purpose: Diagnostics
ctunf1 - File Reformatting Utility
Reformat a file in place provided the new alignment restriction does not cause the data record contents to become misaligned.
Purpose: Administration, Conversion
ctunf2 - UNIFRMAT File Reformatting Utility
Convert UNIFRMAT files to HIGH_LOW.
Purpose: Administration, Conversion, Migration
ctupdpad - Update Pad Resource Utility
Change the padding and delimiter characters in the padding resource.
Purpose: Administration, Maintenance
ctvfyidx - Index Verify Utility
Verify the integrity of an index.
Purpose: Diagnostics
ctvlqa - Variable-length Quality Assurance Utility
A torture and performance test that generates random data to build generic records based on the file structure layout from ctixmg.
Purpose: Data Integrity, Sample Programs
dbdump - Data Unload Utility
Write data from a c-treeACE SQL file to an output file.
Area: SQL
Purpose: Administration, Recovery
dbload - Data Load Utility
Load records from an input data file into database tables.
Area: SQL
Purpose: Administration, Recovery, SQL Tools
dbschema - Schema Export Utility
Recreate specified database elements and data.
Area: SQL
Purpose: Administration, Recovery, SQL Tools
fkverify - SQL Foreign Key Constraints
Check an existing database for the foreign key constraint issues.
Area: SQL
Purpose: Diagnostics, SQL Tools
ISQL - Interactive SQL Utility
A standard command-processing interface to the SQL database engine.
Area: SQL
Purpose: Administration, SQL Tools
GUI: c-treeACE Query Builder; c-treeACE SQL Explorer
mtmake - Build Library Utility
Generate a customized makefile for a specific environment, based on selected menu options, to build libraries for ISAM, low-level, and c-treeDB APIs.
Purpose: Developer Support
sa_admin - User and Group Administration Tool
A command-line version of the system administrator program, which can be used in script files to ease initial setup.
Purpose: Administration
GUI: c-treeACE Security Administrator
