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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 require 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 programs</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, gdbmtool</seg> |
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70 | <seg>libgdbm.{a,so}, 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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