GNU dbm README
Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
See the end of file for copying conditions.
* Introduction
This file contains brief information about configuring, testing
and using GNU dbm. It is *not* intended as a replacement
for the documentation, instead it is provided as a brief reference
only. The complete documentation is available in doc/ subdirectory.
To read the manpage without installing the package use `man
doc/gdbm.3'. To read texinfo documentation without installing the
package, run `info -f doc/gdbm.info'. After the package is installed
the documentation can be accessed by running `man gdbm' and
`info gdbm'.
* Overview
GNU dbm is a set of database routines that use extendible hashing and
works similar to the standard UNIX dbm routines. The library provides
also an optional compatibility layer for UNIX-like dbm and ndbm calls.
* Configuration
a) configure [PARAMETERS]
b) make
For a list of generic PARAMETERS, see the file INCLUDE. The gdbm-specific
parameters are:
** --enable-memory-mapped-io
Enable the use of mmap(2) for I/O optimizations. This is the default,
if mmap is available. To disable mmap, use --disable-memory-mapped-io.
** --enable-libgdbm-compat
Build and install libgdbm_compat, a compatibility layer which provides
UNIX-like dbm and ndbm interfaces.
** --enable-gdbm-export
Build and install gdbmexport with the specified gdbm 1.8 library.
** --with-gdbm183-library=LIB
Build gdbmexport with specified (static) library. LIB must be
a loader argument valid for the use with cc(1), e.g.: -lgdbm-1.8.
** --gdbm183-libdir=DIR
Build gdbmexport with the gdbm library from the specified directory.
** --gdbm183-includedir=DIR
Build gdbmexport with gdbm.h from the specified directory.
* Installation
make install
* Bug reporting
Please report bugs to <bug-gdbm@gnu.org>
* Documentation, updates etc.
For the latest updates, visit <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdbm>,
In particular, a copy of GDBM documentation in various formats is
available online at <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdbm/manual>.
Latest versions of GDBM can be downloaded from anonymous
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdbm.
To track the development, visit
<http://puszcza.gnu.org.ua/projects/gdbm>.
* Copyright information:
Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim copies
of this document as received, in any medium, provided that the
copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved,
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Permission is granted to distribute modified versions
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