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- <H1><A NAME="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</A></H1>
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- use GDBM_File ;
- tie %hash, 'GDBM_File', $filename, &GDBM_WRCREAT, 0640;
- # Use the %hash array.
- untie %hash ;</PRE>
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- <H1><A NAME="description">DESCRIPTION</A></H1>
- <P><STRONG>GDBM_File</STRONG> is a module which allows Perl programs to make use of the
- facilities provided by the GNU gdbm library. If you intend to use this
- module you should really have a copy of the gdbm manualpage at hand.</P>
- <P>Most of the libgdbm.a functions are available through the GDBM_File
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- <H1><A NAME="availability">AVAILABILITY</A></H1>
- <P>Gdbm is available from any GNU archive. The master site is
- <CODE>prep.ai.mit.edu</CODE>, but your are strongly urged to use one of the many
- mirrors. You can obtain a list of mirror sites by issuing the
- command <CODE>finger fsf@prep.ai.mit.edu</CODE>.</P>
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- <P>The available functions and the gdbm/perl interface need to be documented.</P>
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- <P><EM>perl(1)</EM>, <EM>DB_File(3)</EM>, <A HREF="../lib/Pod/perldbmfilter.html">the perldbmfilter manpage</A>.</P>
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