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@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +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, + thus giving the recipient permission to redistribute in turn. + + Permission is granted to distribute modified versions + of this document, or of portions of it, + under the above conditions, provided also that they + carry prominent notices stating who last changed them. + + +Local Variables: +mode: outline +paragraph-separate: "[ ]*$" +version-control: never +End: |