Commit 8df717a4 authored by Skip Montanaro's avatar Skip Montanaro

minor __doc__ string tweakage

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Synopsis: %(prog)s [-h|-b|-r|-a|-d] dbfile [ picklefile ] Synopsis: %(prog)s [-h|-b|-r|-a|-d] dbfile [ picklefile ]
Read the given picklefile as a series of key/value pairs and write to a new Read the given picklefile as a series of key/value pairs and write to a new
bsddb database. If the database already exists, any contents are deleted. database. If the database already exists, any contents are deleted. The
The optional flags indicate the type of the database (bsddb hash, bsddb optional flags indicate the type of the database (bsddb hash, bsddb btree,
btree, bsddb recno, anydbm, dbm). The default is hash. If a pickle file is bsddb recno, anydbm, dbm). The default is hash. If a pickle file is named
named it is opened for read access. If no pickle file is named, the pickle it is opened for read access. If no pickle file is named, the pickle input
input is read from standard input. is read from standard input.
Note that recno databases can only contain numeric keys, so you can't dump a Note that recno databases can only contain numeric keys, so you can't dump a
hash or btree database using db2pickle.py and reconstitute it to a recno hash or btree database using db2pickle.py and reconstitute it to a recno
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