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, $filename, &GDBM_WRCREAT, 0640);
11 # Use the %hash array.
16 B<GDBM_File> is a module which allows Perl programs to make use of the
17 facilities provided by the GNU gdbm library. If you intend to use this
18 module you should really have a copy of the gdbm manualpage at hand.
20 Most of the libgdbm.a functions are available through the GDBM_File
25 Gdbm is available from any GNU archive. The master site is
26 C<prep.ai.mit.edu>, but your are strongly urged to use one of the many
27 mirrors. You can obtain a list of mirror sites by issuing the
28 command C<finger fsf@prep.ai.mit.edu>.
32 The available functions and the gdbm/perl interface need to be documented.
36 L<perl(1)>, L<DB_File(3)>.
47 @ISA = qw(TieHash Exporter DynaLoader);
61 ($constname = $AUTOLOAD) =~ s/.*:://;
62 $val = constant($constname, @_ ? $_[0] : 0);
64 if ($! =~ /Invalid/) {
65 $AutoLoader::AUTOLOAD = $AUTOLOAD;
66 goto &AutoLoader::AUTOLOAD;
69 Carp::croak("Your vendor has not defined GDBM_File macro $constname, used");
72 eval "sub $AUTOLOAD { $val }";
78 # Preloaded methods go here. Autoload methods go after __END__, and are
79 # processed by the autosplit program.