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PackDB - Pack Database

The PackDB() utility creates a compressed copy of the database by removing unused (deleted) database entries. While compressing, a copy of the file will be created

In order to display progress information while running, the following options have to be set in the environment or configuration or ini-file:

More about configuring progress information is described in Database Utilities.

PackDB db_path [temp_path] [-q] [-p:type] [-h]

Definition: 

db_path - complete path to the database (folder and filename)

temp_path - path for temporary file in a different location

-q -  do not write messages to system output

-h -  show help information

-p - define progress display type (automatic, dots, time, percent), e.g. -p:percent