Ok, I found out. so the db files generated on Mac can not be used on Linux. vice versa.
I think this is related to the way how perl DBM module processing the db files on different system. I am totally new to perl. But it's good to know that. thanks all. --- Yu Qian Ottawa Ontario Phone: (514)-553-0198 On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 4:38 PM, Alan Hodgson <ahodg...@lists.simkin.ca> wrote: > On Thursday 09 June 2016 16:26:26 Yu Qian wrote: > > Yes, I am sure the path is correct, also, if the path is not correct, it > > will show 'db not present'. > > > > I tried to write a small perl script to open the db file, it failed too. > so > > I think it maybe the file damaged during the mounting. but I don't know > why > > this can happen > > > > The docker container probably has a different DB version than your Mac. > >