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14<b><i>db</i> <b>get_type</b></b>
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24<b>Description(db get_type)</b>
25<p>The <i>db</i> <b>get_type</b> command returns the underlying database type,
26returning one of "btree", "hash", "queue" or "recno".</p>
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