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 * how to use
 First create the test database with ~scripts/mkdb.py~.
 
+#+BEGIN_SRC_BASH
+./scripts//mkdb.py --database /tmp/db --word-list /usr/share/dict/eff_large_wordlist.txt --num-records=1000000 --key-length=20-200 --value-length=10-100
+#+END_SRC
+
+Compile the bench executable with
+#+BEGIN_SRC_BASH
+meson setup build
+meson configure --buildtype=release build
+meson compile -C build
+#+END_SRC
+
 An example run of the benchmark:
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC_BASH
-bench ${database} ${limit:-10000} ${seed:-${RANDOM}}
+./build/bench ${database} ${limit:-10000} ${seed:-${RANDOM}}
 #+END_SRC