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KDB-SETMETA(1) KDB-SETMETA(1)

NAME

kdb-setmeta - Set the value of a meta key

SYNOPSIS

kdb setmeta <key-name> <meta-name> <meta-value>

Where key-name is the path to the key that the meta key is associated with, meta-name is the name of the meta key the user would like to set the value of (or create), and meta-value is the value the user wishes to set the meta key to.

DESCRIPTION

This command allows the user to set the value of an individual meta key. If a key does not already exist and the user tries setting a meta key associated with it, the key will be created with a null value. There is some special handling for the meta data atime, mtime and ctime. They will be converted to time_t.

For cascading keys, the namespace will default to spec, because that is the place where you usually want to set meta data.

OPTIONS

Show the man page.
Print version info.
Explain what is happening.

EXAMPLES

To set a meta key called description associated with the key user/example/key to the value Hello World!:
kdb setmeta spec/example/key description "Hello World!"

To create a new key spec/example/newkey with a null value (if it did not exist before) and a meta key namespace/#0 associated with it to the value system: kdb setmeta /example/newkey "namespace/#0" system

SEE ALSO

2015-11-19