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use GDBM_File; tie (%hash, "GDBM_File", $filename, &GDBM_WRCREAT, 0644); # read/writes of %hash are now read/writes of $filename untie %hash;
GDBM_File is a module that allows Perl programs to make use of the facilities provided by the GNU gdbm library. If you intend to use this module, you should have a copy of the gdbm(3) manpage at hand.
Most of the libgdbm.a functions are available as methods of the
GDBM_File interface.
gdbm is available from any GNU archive. The master site is prep.ai.mit.edu, but you are strongly urged to use one of the many mirrors. You can obtain a list of mirror sites by issuing the command, finger [email protected]. A copy is also stored on CPAN:
http://www.perl.com/CPAN/src/misc/gdbm-1.7.3.tar.gz
DB_File library module.
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| 7.2.33 FileHandle - Supply Object Methods for Filehandles |  | 7.2.35 Getopt::Long - Extended Processing of Command-Line Options |