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Kirill Smelkov
cpython
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Georg Brandl
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#9397: remove mention of dbm.bsd which does not exist anymore.
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:synopsis: Interfaces to various Unix "database" formats.
:mod:`dbm` is a generic interface to variants of the DBM database ---
:mod:`dbm.gnu` or :mod:`dbm.ndbm`. If none of these modules is installed, the
slow-but-simple implementation in module :mod:`dbm.dumb` will be used. There
is a `third party interface <http://www.jcea.es/programacion/pybsddb.htm>`_ to
the Oracle Berkely DB.
:mod:`dbm.gnu`
or :mod:`dbm.ndbm`. If none of these modules is installed, the
slow-but-simple implementation in module :mod:`dbm.dumb` will be used. There
is a `third party interface <http://www.jcea.es/programacion/pybsddb.htm>`_ to
the Oracle Berkely DB.
..
exception:: error
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..
function:: whichdb(filename)
This functionattempts to guess which of the several simple database modules
available --- :mod:`dbm.
bsd`, :mod:`dbm.gnu`, :mod:`dbm.ndbm` or
:mod:`dbm.dumb` --- should
be used to open a given file.
available --- :mod:`dbm.
gnu`, :mod:`dbm.ndbm` or :mod:`dbm.dumb` --- should
be used to open a given file.
Returns one of the following values: ``None`` if the file can't be opened
because it's unreadable or doesn't exist; the empty string (``''``) if the
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always stored as bytes. Printing a ``dbm`` object doesn't print the keys and
values, and the :meth:`items` and :meth:`values` methods are not supported.
This module can be used with the "classic" ndbm interface, the BSD DB
compatibility interface, or the GNU GDBM compatibility interface. On Unix, the
:program:`configure`
script will attempt to locate the appropriate header file
to simplify building this module.
This module can be used with the "classic" ndbm interface or the GNU GDBM
compatibility interface. On Unix, the :program:`configure` script will attempt
to locate the appropriate header file to simplify building this module.
.. exception:: error
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function:: open(filename[, flag[, mode]])
Open a dbm database and return a ``dbm`` object. The *filename* argument is the
name of the database file (without the :file:`.dir` or :file:`.pag` extensions;
note that the BSD DB implementation of the interface will append the extension
:file:`.db` and only create one file).
name of the database file (without the :file:`.dir` or :file:`.pag` extensions).
The optional *flag* argument must be one of these values:
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