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<sect1 id="ch-system-gdbm" role="wrap">
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  <title>GDBM-&gdbm-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-gdbm">
    <primary sortas="a-Gdbm">GDBM</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>The GDBM package contains the GNU Database Manager. This is a disk
    file format database which stores key/data-pairs in single files. The
    actual data of any record being stored is indexed by a unique key, which can
    be retrieved in less time than if it was stored in a text file.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of GDBM</title>

    <para os="a">Prepare GDBM for compilation:</para>

<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-libgdbm-compat</userinput></screen>

    <variablelist os="c">
      <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><envar>--enable-libgdbm-compat</envar></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This switch enables the libgdbm compatibility library to be
          built, as some packages outside of CLFS may rqeuire the older DBM
          routines it provides.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

    <para os="d">Compile the package:</para>

<screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

    <para os="f">To test the results, issue:</para>

<screen os="g"><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>

    <para os="h">Install the package:</para>

<screen os="i"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-gdbm" role="content">
    <title>Contents of GDBM</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed program</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>gdbm_dump, gdbm_load, and gdbmtool</seg>
        <seg>libgdbm.{a,so} and libgdbm_compat.{a,so}</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="gdbm_dump">
        <term><command>gdbm_dump</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Dumps a GDBM database to a file.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-gdbm gdbm_dump">
            <primary sortas="b-gdbm_dump">gdbm_dump</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="gdbm_load">
        <term><command>gdbm_load</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Recreates a GDBM database from a dump file.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-gdbm gdbm_load">
            <primary sortas="b-gdbm_load">gdbm_load</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="gdbmtool">
        <term><command>gdbmtool</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Tests and modifies a GDBM database</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-gdbm gdbmtool">
            <primary sortas="b-gdbmtool">gdbmtool</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libgdbm">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgdbm</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Contains functions to manipulate a hashed database</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-gdbm libgdbm">
            <primary sortas="c-libgdbm">libgdbm</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libgdbm_compat">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgdbm_compat</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Compatibility library containing older DBM functions</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-gdbm libgdbm_compat">
            <primary sortas="c-libgdbm_compat">libgdbm_compat</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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