The following table lists some of the commonly used Berkeley database tools (utility programs).
| Berkeley Database Tools | Description | 
|---|---|
| db_archive | Writes the path names of log files that are no longer in use to the standard output, one pathname per line. | 
| db_checkpoint | A daemon process that monitors the database log and periodically calls the checkpoint routine to checkpoint it. | 
| db_deadlock | Traverses the database environment lock region and aborts a lock request each time it detects a deadlock or a lock request that has timed out. | 
| db_dump | Writes the specified file to standard output in a flat-text format understood by the db_load utility. | 
| db_load | Reads from the standard input and loads it into the database file specified. If the file does not already exist it creates it. | 
| db_printlog | Debugging utility that dumps log files in human-readable format. | 
| db_recover | Restores the database to a consistent state after an unexpected application, database, or system failure. | 
| db_stat | Displays statistics for the database environment. | 
| db_verify | Verifies the structure of one or more files and the databases they contain. |