GDBM_File(3pm)

GDBM_File3pm

Perl5 access to the gdbm library.

Usage

    use GDBM_File ;
    tie %hash, 'GDBM_File', $filename, &GDBM_WRCREAT, 0640;
    # Use the %hash array.
    untie %hash ;

Overview

GDBM_File is a module which allows Perl programs to make use of the facilities provided by the GNU gdbm library. If you intend to use this module you should really have a copy of the gdbm manualpage at hand.

Most of the libgdbm.a functions are available through the GDBM_File interface.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 1.1
  2. 1.2–1.3
  3. 2.0
  4. 2.1
  5. 2.2

Availability

Gdbm is available from any GNU archive. The master site is prep.ai.mit.edu, but your are strongly urged to use one of the many mirrors. You can obtain a list of mirror sites by issuing the command finger [email protected].

Bugs

The available functions and the gdbm/perl interface need to be documented.

From perl-5.004-doc 5.004.05-6 in Debian 2.2 (Potato). Also shipped by perl-5.005-doc. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.