tower@AI.MIT.EDU (Leonard H. Tower Jr.) (07/11/89)
[ This software may soon be available for anonymous uucp on osu-cis and anonymous ftp on gatekeeper.dec.com. ] Forwarded-For: phil@unicorn.wwu.edu (Phil Nelson) The GNU version of dbm is now available for beta test. Those interested in testing gdbm may get a copy via anonymous ftp from unicorn.wwu.edu. The file is pub/gdbm.tar.Z. For those without ftp access, request a copy of the 3 shar files from phil@unicorn.wwu.edu. gdbm is a reimplementation of dbm. gdbm is extended to allow multiple gdbm files open at the same time. Also, gdbm files CAN be copied without causing large amounts of space to be created. (A problem with dbm files. This implies that dbm and gdbm DO NOT have the same file structure. BUT gdbm does have a set of compatability routines to allow programs using dbm to use gdbm without changing the code. The databases must be rebuilt, but once rebuilt, gdbm should act like dbm.) For futher details, read the README file that comes with gdbm. Send bug reports to phil@unicorn.wwu.edu. Phil Nelson phil@unicorn.wwu.edu