GDBM_File(3)

NAME

       GDBM_File - Perl5 access to the gdbm library.

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       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.

AVAILABILITY

       gdbm is available from any GNU archive.  The master site is
       "ftp.gnu.org", but you are strongly urged to use one of the many mir-
       rors.  You can obtain a list of mirror sites from
       http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html.

BUGS

       The available functions and the gdbm/perl interface need to be docu-
       mented.

       The GDBM error number and error message interface needs to be added.

SEE ALSO

       perl(1), DB_File(3), perldbmfilter.

perl v5.8.8                       2006-06-14                      GDBM_File(3)