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| author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1998-05-07 01:49:07 +0000 |
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| committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1998-05-07 01:49:07 +0000 |
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diff --git a/Doc/libdbm.tex b/Doc/libdbm.tex deleted file mode 100644 index c4317fefd4..0000000000 --- a/Doc/libdbm.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,36 +0,0 @@ -\section{Built-in Module \module{dbm}} -\label{module-dbm} -\bimodindex{dbm} - -The \code{dbm} module provides an interface to the \UNIX{} -\code{(n)dbm} library. Dbm objects behave like mappings -(dictionaries), except that keys and values are always strings. -Printing a dbm object doesn't print the keys and values, and the -\code{items()} and \code{values()} methods are not supported. - -See also the \code{gdbm} module, which provides a similar interface -using the GNU GDBM library. -\refbimodindex{gdbm} - -The module defines the following constant and functions: - -\begin{excdesc}{error} -Raised on dbm-specific errors, such as I/O errors. \code{KeyError} is -raised for general mapping errors like specifying an incorrect key. -\end{excdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{open}{filename, \optional{flag, \optional{mode}}} -Open a dbm database and return a dbm object. The \var{filename} -argument is the name of the database file (without the \file{.dir} or -\file{.pag} extensions). - -The optional \var{flag} argument can be -\code{'r'} (to open an existing database for reading only --- default), -\code{'w'} (to open an existing database for reading and writing), -\code{'c'} (which creates the database if it doesn't exist), or -\code{'n'} (which always creates a new empty database). - -The optional \var{mode} argument is the \UNIX{} mode of the file, used -only when the database has to be created. It defaults to octal -\code{0666}. -\end{funcdesc} |
