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/usr/bin/mbstream

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/usr/bin/mbstream from 12.1.2-MariaDB, client 1.0 for Linux (x86_64)
Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Percona LLC and/or its affiliates.
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,
and you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL license.

Serialize/deserialize files in the XBSTREAM format.

Usage:
  /usr/bin/mbstream -c [OPTIONS...] FILES...	# stream specified files to standard output.
  /usr/bin/mbstream -x [OPTIONS...]		# extract files from the streamon the standard input.

Options:
  -?, --help          Display this help and exit.
  -c, --create        Stream the specified files to the standard output.
  -x, --extract       Extract to disk files from the stream on the standard
                      input.
  -C, --directory=name
                      Change the current directory to the specified one before
                      streaming or extracting.
  -v, --verbose       Print verbose output.
  -p, --parallel=#    Number of worker threads for reading / writing.
Options (6)
OptionDescriptionSource
-?, --helpDisplay this help and exit.help
-c, --createStream the specified files to the standard output.help
-x, --extractExtract to disk files from the stream on the standard input.help
-C, --directory nameChange the current directory to the specified one before streaming or extracting.help
-v, --verbosePrint verbose output.help
-p, --parallel #Number of worker threads for reading / writing.help

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