NAME
mkmamedb
- create database for use by ckmame
SYNOPSIS
mkmamedb
[-hV]
[-C hashtypes]
[-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
-
Romcenter dat file
-
ckmame(1)
database format
-
directory of zip archives
Supported output formats are:
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/.
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.
- --detector file
-
Use CMPro XML header skip detector description from
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
xmame(6)
and convert it to the internal database format:
# xmame -listxml > db.txt
# mkmamedb db.txt
Alternatively, if you have
xmame(6)
installed and in your
PATH,
you can just run
mkmamedb-xmame.sh.
SEE ALSO
ckmame(1),
dumpgame(1)
AUTHORS
mkmamedb
was written by
Dieter Baron <dillo@giga.or.at>
and
Thomas Klausner <tk@giga.or.at>.
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