Utilities for working with EPICS PDB files

File validating (linting)

The dbdlint tool performs syntax and other checks of individual .db files, or entire databases (.dbd and .db files).

Naming convention translation

This manual describes the usage of the getpvs and applypvs utilities included in the pyPDB package. These tools provide a way to generate and apply translations in the GNU Gettext PO format. In this way it is possible to translate EPICS record names using the tools intended for natual language translation.

The intent is to simplify the application of site record naming convention rules to externally produced EPICS support modules.

These tools are best suited to work with databases which have large numbers of records with similar names, either fully expanded, or with macros. A database with many records with names like $(P)<Signal>' (eg. $(P)$(N)Status') would be a good candidate. However, a database where record names are entirely defined by macros (`$(P)$(N)') would likely not benefit from using these tools.