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author Stanislas Leduc <shann@slitaz.org>
date Fri Dec 20 16:13:23 2024 +0000 (14 hours ago)
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Hans-G?nter@24588 1 GNU dbm (or GDBM, for short) is a library of database functions that
Hans-G?nter@24588 2 use extensible hashing and work similar to the standard UNIX dbm.
Hans-G?nter@24588 3 These routines are provided to a programmer needing to create and
Hans-G?nter@24588 4 manipulate a hashed database.
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Hans-G?nter@24588 6 The basic use of GDBM is to store key and data pairs in a data file.
Hans-G?nter@24588 7 Each key must be unique and each key is paired with only one data item.
Hans-G?nter@24588 8
Hans-G?nter@24588 9 The library provides primitives for storing key and data pairs,
Hans-G?nter@24588 10 searching and retrieving the data by its key and deleting a key along
Hans-G?nter@24588 11 with its data.
Hans-G?nter@24588 12 It also support sequential iteration over all key and data pairs in
Hans-G?nter@24588 13 a database.
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Hans-G?nter@24588 15 For compatibility with programs using old UNIX dbm function, the package
Hans-G?nter@24588 16 also provides traditional dbm and ndbm interfaces