edb_load — LMDB/EXDB environment import tool
The edb_load utility reads from the standard input and loads it into the EXDB environment envpath.
The input to edb_load must be in the output format specified by the edb_dump(8) utility or as specified by the -T option below.
A simple escape mechanism, where newline and backslash (\) characters are special, is applied to the text input. Newline characters are interpreted as record separators. Back‐slash characters in the text will be interpreted in one of two ways: If the backslash character precedes another backslash character, the pair will be interpreted as a literal backslash. If the backslash character precedes any other character, the two characters following the backslash will be interpreted as a hexadecimal specification of a single character; for example, \0a is a newline character in the ASCII character set.
For this reason, any backslash or newline characters that naturally occur in the text input must be escaped to avoid misinterpretation by edb_load.