checkds.py - DirectoryStorage checking tool

Operation

This tool performs a thorough check on the database structure. It reports any errors, and several mildly interesting statistics.

This tool needs to use snapshot mode to ensure that no other storage process is using the main storage directory. To use snapshot mode you will need to either manually shut down those processes, or, if you are using Zope, configure the snapshot.py tool to communicate with Zope. Zope will not lose read or write access to the storage.

The --storage DIRECTORY option may be omitted if checkds.py is being run under the snapshot.py tool. In versions before 1.1.10, use of snapshot.py was mandatory.