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- GNU dbm is a set of database routines that use extendible hashing and
- works similar to the standard UNIX dbm routines.
-
- This is release 1.7.3 of GNU dbm.
-
- To compile gdbm:
-
- a) configure <config parameters like -prefix ... see INSTALL>
- b) make
-
- To compile the optional test and conversion programs:
-
- a) make progs
-
- To install the basic package:
-
- a) make install
-
- To install the optional dbm and ndbm compatibility headers:
-
- a) make install-compat
-
- (You might want to "make -n install" to make sure it will put things
- were you want them.)
-
- Please report bugs to
- bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu
-
- ------------------------------------------
-
- The files are:
-
- INSTALL - Installation tips and information.
- NEWS - New and changed things.
- COPYING - Copying information.
- README - This file.
-
- bucket.c, extern.h, falloc.c, findkey.c, gdbm.proto, gdbmclose.c,
- gdbmconst.h gdbmdefs.h, gdbmdelete.c, gdbmerrno.h, gdbmfetch.c, gdbmsync.c,
- gdbmopen.c, gdbmreorg.c, gdbmseq.c, gdbmstore.c, global.c, gndbm.h,
- hash.c systems.h, update.c, version.c - Source for GNU dbm library.
-
- dbm.h dbminit.c, delete.c, fetch.c, seq.c, store.c - Source for the
- DBM interface.
-
- dbmclose.c, dbmdelete.c, dbmdirfno.c, dbmfetch.c, dbmopen.c, dbmpagfno.c
- dbmseq.c, dbmstore.c, ndbm.h - Source for the NDBM interface.
-
- Makefile - Makefile, will make gdbm.a (BSD and SYSV)
- testgdbm.c - A simple test program.
- testdbm.c - A simple test program.
- testndbm.c - A simple test program.
- conv2gdbm.c - A dbm database conversion program.
-
- gdbm.3, gdbm.texinfo - Documentation for gdbm.
-
- The author of GNU dbm may be reached via e-mail to <phil@cs.wwu.edu>,
- and the current maintainer may be reached at <downsj@csos.orst.edu>.
- E-mail may be sent to either, or both, of these people.
-
- ------------------------------------------
-
- Future versions of GDBM may be far, far more UNIX dependent than the
- library is, currently. If you are/have ported GDBM to non-UNIX like
- operating systems, please send e-mail to <downsj@csos.orst.edu>.
- Please include information about your port, including the type of
- operating system, your reasons for doing the port, and what changes
- you have made.
-