resolve-database.md

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resolve database	fpt ghec ghes * * *	Advanced Security Code scanning CodeQL	reference	{% data reusables.gated-features.codeql %}	codeql-cli	[Deep plumbing] Report metadata about the database.	/code-security/codeql-cli/manual/resolve-database

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Synopsis

codeql resolve database <options>... -- <database>

Description

[Deep plumbing] Report metadata about the database.

Options

Primary Options

<database>

[Mandatory] The database for which to load the metadata.

--format=<fmt>

Select output format. Choices include:

json: print it as a JSON string, or 'null' if the language was not found.

Common options

-h, --help

Show this help text.

-J=<opt>

[Advanced] Give option to the JVM running the command.

(Beware that options containing spaces will not be handled correctly.)

-v, --verbose

Incrementally increase the number of progress messages printed.

-q, --quiet

Incrementally decrease the number of progress messages printed.

--verbosity=<level>

[Advanced] Explicitly set the verbosity level to one of errors, warnings, progress, progress+, progress++, progress+++. Overrides -v and -q.

--logdir=<dir>

[Advanced] Write detailed logs to one or more files in the given directory, with generated names that include timestamps and the name of the running subcommand.

(To write a log file with a name you have full control over, instead give --log-to-stderr and redirect stderr as desired.)

--common-caches=<dir>

[Advanced] Controls the location of cached data on disk that will persist between several runs of the CLI, such as downloaded QL packs and compiled query plans. If not set explicitly, this defaults to a directory named .codeql in the user's home directory; it will be created if it doesn't already exist.

Available since v2.15.2.