MKMAMEDB(1)

NAME
mkmamedb - create database for use by ckmame

SYNOPSIS
mkmamedb [-hV] [-C hashtypes] [-F outputformat] [-o dbfile] [-x pat] [- -detector file] [- -exclude pat] [- -hash-types types] [- -help] [- -output dbfile] [- -prog-name name] [- -prog-version version] [- -version] [rominfo-file ...]

DESCRIPTION
mkmamedb converts ROM set descriptions from one format to another.

The ROM set description is read from the specified files (or directories) or the standard input if no files are specified. The default output file is mame.db. You can override it with the -o option or the MAMEDB environment variable.

Supported input formats are:
•   CMPro dat file
•   MAME XML file
•   MESS Softlist XML file
•   Romcenter dat file
•   ckmame(1) database format
•   directory of zip archives
Supported output formats are:
•   CMPro dat file
•   ckmame(1) database format

The CMPro file format is described at http://www.logiqx.com/FAQs/CMPro.shtml, the DTD for MAME xml can be found in PREFIX/share/doc/ckmame/.

  OPTIONS
mkmamedb supports the following options:

-C types, - -hash-types types
    A comma separated list of hash types to compute when creating a ROM set description from a directory of zip archives. Supported hash types are: crc, md5, sha1. Default are all.

-F outputformat, - -format outputformat
    Specify output format. Supported formats are: db (ckmame database) and cm (clrmamepro dat file). Default is cm.

- -detector file
    Use CMPro XML header skip detector description from file. This overrides any detectors given in the file itself. mkmamedb looks for the detector in the input file (if it is a zip file) or the directory of the input file.

-h, - -help
    Display a short help message.

-o dbfile, - -output dbfile
    Write to database dbfile instead of the default “mame.db”.

- -prog-name name
    Set name of the program the ROM info is from.

- -prog-version version
    Set version of the program the ROM info is from.

-V, - -version
    Display program name and version number.

-x pat, - -exclude pat
    Exclude games with names matching pat from the created database.

ENVIRONMENT

MAMEDB
    Location for the database file. Can be overridden with the -o option. Defaults to “mame.db”.

EXAMPLES
Get an input file for mkmamedb(1) from MAME and convert it to the internal database format:

    # mame -listxml | mkmamedb

SEE ALSO
ckmame(1), dumpgame(1)

AUTHORS
-nosplit mkmamedb was written by Dieter Baron <dillo@giga.or.at> and Thomas Klausner <tk@giga.or.at>.