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| 6 | ]> |
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| 7 | |
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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-gdbm" role="wrap"> |
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="gdbm.html"?> |
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| 10 | |
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| 11 | <title>GDBM-&gdbm-version;</title> |
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| 12 | |
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| 13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gdbm"> |
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| 14 | <primary sortas="a-Gdbm">GDBM</primary> |
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| 15 | </indexterm> |
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| 16 | |
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| 17 | <sect2 role="package"> |
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| 18 | <title/> |
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| 19 | |
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| 20 | <para>The GDBM package contains the GNU Database Manager. This is a disk |
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| 21 | file format database which stores key/data-pairs in single files. The |
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| 22 | actual data of any record being stored is indexed by a unique key, which can |
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| 23 | be retrieved in less time than if it was stored in a text file.</para> |
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| 24 | |
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| 25 | </sect2> |
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| 26 | |
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| 27 | <sect2 role="installation"> |
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| 28 | <title>Installation of GDBM</title> |
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| 29 | |
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| 30 | <para os="a">Prepare GDBM for compilation:</para> |
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| 31 | |
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| 32 | <screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-libgdbm-compat</userinput></screen> |
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| 33 | |
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| 34 | <variablelist os="c"> |
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| 35 | <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title> |
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| 36 | |
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| 37 | <varlistentry> |
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| 38 | <term><envar>--enable-libgdbm-compat</envar></term> |
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| 39 | <listitem> |
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| 40 | <para>This switch enables the libgdbm compatibility library to be |
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| 41 | built, as some packages outside of CLFS may rqeuire the older DBM |
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| 42 | routines it provides.</para> |
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| 43 | </listitem> |
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| 44 | </varlistentry> |
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| 45 | </variablelist> |
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| 46 | |
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| 47 | <para os="d">Compile the package:</para> |
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| 48 | |
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| 49 | <screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen> |
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| 50 | |
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| 51 | <para os="f">To test the results, issue:</para> |
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| 52 | |
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| 53 | <screen os="g"><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen> |
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| 54 | |
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| 55 | <para os="h">Install the package:</para> |
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| 56 | |
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| 57 | <screen os="i"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> |
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| 58 | |
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| 59 | </sect2> |
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| 60 | |
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| 61 | <sect2 id="contents-gdbm" role="content"> |
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| 62 | <title>Contents of GDBM</title> |
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| 63 | |
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| 64 | <segmentedlist> |
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| 65 | <segtitle>Installed program</segtitle> |
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| 66 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle> |
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| 67 | |
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| 68 | <seglistitem> |
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| 69 | <seg>gdbm_dump, gdbm_load, and gdbmtool</seg> |
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| 70 | <seg>libgdbm.{a,so} and libgdbm_compat.{a,so}</seg> |
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| 71 | </seglistitem> |
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| 72 | </segmentedlist> |
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| 73 | |
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| 74 | <variablelist> |
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| 75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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| 76 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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| 77 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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| 78 | |
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| 79 | <varlistentry id="gdbm_dump"> |
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| 80 | <term><command>gdbm_dump</command></term> |
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| 81 | <listitem> |
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| 82 | <para>Dumps a GDBM database to a file.</para> |
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| 83 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gdbm gdbm_dump"> |
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| 84 | <primary sortas="b-gdbm_dump">gdbm_dump</primary> |
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| 85 | </indexterm> |
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| 86 | </listitem> |
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| 87 | </varlistentry> |
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| 88 | |
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| 89 | <varlistentry id="gdbm_load"> |
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| 90 | <term><command>gdbm_load</command></term> |
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| 91 | <listitem> |
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| 92 | <para>Recreates a GDBM database from a dump file.</para> |
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| 93 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gdbm gdbm_load"> |
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| 94 | <primary sortas="b-gdbm_load">gdbm_load</primary> |
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| 95 | </indexterm> |
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| 96 | </listitem> |
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| 97 | </varlistentry> |
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| 98 | |
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| 99 | <varlistentry id="gdbmtool"> |
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| 100 | <term><command>gdbmtool</command></term> |
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| 101 | <listitem> |
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| 102 | <para>Tests and modifies a GDBM database</para> |
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| 103 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gdbm gdbmtool"> |
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| 104 | <primary sortas="b-gdbmtool">gdbmtool</primary> |
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| 105 | </indexterm> |
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| 106 | </listitem> |
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| 107 | </varlistentry> |
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| 108 | |
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| 109 | <varlistentry id="libgdbm"> |
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| 110 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgdbm</filename></term> |
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| 111 | <listitem> |
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| 112 | <para>Contains functions to manipulate a hashed database</para> |
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| 113 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gdbm libgdbm"> |
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| 114 | <primary sortas="c-libgdbm">libgdbm</primary> |
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| 115 | </indexterm> |
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| 116 | </listitem> |
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| 117 | </varlistentry> |
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| 118 | |
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| 119 | <varlistentry id="libgdbm_compat"> |
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| 120 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgdbm_compat</filename></term> |
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| 121 | <listitem> |
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| 122 | <para>Compatibility library containing older DBM functions</para> |
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| 123 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gdbm libgdbm_compat"> |
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| 124 | <primary sortas="c-libgdbm_compat">libgdbm_compat</primary> |
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| 125 | </indexterm> |
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| 126 | </listitem> |
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| 127 | </varlistentry> |
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| 128 | </variablelist> |
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| 129 | |
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| 130 | </sect2> |
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| 131 | |
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| 132 | </sect1> |
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