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Last modified: 12 September 1995
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The -b flag will run the FirstBase tool in batch mode, suitable for shell scripts. This mode produces no output on the terminal, thus can also be used when running the process in the background. The -y flag will run the tool at the terminal without pausing to ask the user if existing files can be destroyed and without displaying a 'picture' of the requested task.
Dblgen(1) first displays an image of what the labels will look like and where the print image file will go. The user has a chance to abort here. The labels may be generated from one to four up (across the top), as specified in the label dictionary. The width of each label is derived from the label dictionary also. See dbdlbl(1) for more information on the label generator dictionary.
The -n argument line switch is used to turn off the printing of the statistics label. Without this flag, a statistics label showing how many labels were printed is produced as the last label.
The -H and -T argument line switches are used to tune the number of blanklines printed between each label, either as head_lines or tail_lines. Using this feature, printer fonts requiring more vertical spacing can be utilized as needed.
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This tool uses a FirstBase index to generate the output from the database
in a particular order.
If this index is detected to be out of date or non-existent, it is
regenerated automatically.