Errors result in a non-zero exit status and
a diagnostic message being written to standard error.
-Dumping and reloading databases that use user-defined comparison functions
-will result in new databases that use the default comparison functions.
-\fBIn this case it is quite likely that the reloaded database will be
-damaged beyond repair permitting neither record storage nor retrieval.\fP
+Dumping databases that use user-defined comparison functions will output
+records with the ordering imposed by those comparison functions. If
+.B mdb_load
+is invoked without including the
+.B -a
+option when reloading those records, the new databases will likely be
+damaged beyond repair, permitting neither record storage nor retrieval.
-The only available workaround is to modify the source for the
-.BR mdb_load (1)
-utility to load the database using the correct comparison functions.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR mdb_load (1)
.SH AUTHOR