GDBM_File - Perl5 access to the gdbm library.
use GDBM_File ;
tie %hash, 'GDBM_File', $filename, &GDBM_WRCREAT, 0640);
# Use the %hash array.
untie %hash ;
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.
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 fsf@prep.ai.mit.edu
.
The available functions and the gdbm/perl interface need to be documented.
perl(1), DB_File(3).