1 # GDBM_File.pm -- Perl 5 interface to GNU gdbm library.
5 GDBM_File - Perl5 access to the gdbm library.
10 tie %hash, GDBM_File, $filename, &GDBM_WRCREAT, 0640);
11 # Use the %hash array.
16 B<GDBM_File> is a module which allows Perl programs to make use of the
17 facilities provided by the GNU gdbm library. If you intend to use this
18 module you should really have a copy of the gdbm manualpage at hand.
20 Most of the libgdbm.a functions are available through the GDBM_File
25 Gdbm is available from any GNU archive. The master site is
26 C<prep.ai.mit.edu>, but your are strongly urged to use one of the many
27 mirrors. You can obtain a list of mirror sites by issuing the
28 command C<finger fsf@prep.ai.mit.edu>.
32 The available functions and the gdbm/perl interface need to be documented.
36 L<perl(1)>, L<DB_File(3)>.
43 use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT $AUTOLOAD);
50 @ISA = qw(Tie::Hash Exporter DynaLoader);
66 ($constname = $AUTOLOAD) =~ s/.*:://;
67 my $val = constant($constname, @_ ? $_[0] : 0);
69 if ($! =~ /Invalid/) {
70 $AutoLoader::AUTOLOAD = $AUTOLOAD;
71 goto &AutoLoader::AUTOLOAD;
74 Carp::croak("Your vendor has not defined GDBM_File macro $constname, used");
77 eval "sub $AUTOLOAD { $val }";
81 bootstrap GDBM_File $VERSION;
83 # Preloaded methods go here. Autoload methods go after __END__, and are
84 # processed by the autosplit program.