# DB_File.pm -- Perl 5 interface to Berkeley DB
#
-# written by Paul Marquess (Paul.Marquess@btinternet.com)
-# last modified 1st September 2002
-# version 1.805
+# written by Paul Marquess (pmqs@cpan.org)
+# last modified 28th October 2007
+# version 1.817
#
-# Copyright (c) 1995-2002 Paul Marquess. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 1995-2008 Paul Marquess. All rights reserved.
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
use warnings;
use strict;
our ($VERSION, @ISA, @EXPORT, $AUTOLOAD, $DB_BTREE, $DB_HASH, $DB_RECNO);
-our ($db_version, $use_XSLoader, $splice_end_array);
+our ($db_version, $use_XSLoader, $splice_end_array, $Error);
use Carp;
-$VERSION = "1.805" ;
+$VERSION = "1.817" ;
+$VERSION = eval $VERSION; # needed for dev releases
{
local $SIG{__WARN__} = sub {$splice_end_array = "@_";};
my (@arg) = @_ ;
my $tieHASH = ( (caller(1))[3] =~ /TIEHASH/ ) ;
+ use File::Spec;
+ $arg[1] = File::Spec->rel2abs($arg[1])
+ if defined $arg[1] ;
+
$arg[4] = tied %{ $arg[4] }
if @arg >= 5 && ref $arg[4] && $arg[4] =~ /=HASH/ && tied %{ $arg[4] } ;
$arg[2] = O_CREAT()|O_RDWR() if @arg >=3 && ! defined $arg[2];
$arg[3] = 0666 if @arg >=4 && ! defined $arg[3];
- # make recno in Berkeley DB version 2 work like recno in version 1.
+ # make recno in Berkeley DB version 2 (or better) work like
+ # recno in version 1.
+ if ($db_version >= 4 and ! $tieHASH) {
+ $arg[2] |= O_CREAT();
+ }
+
if ($db_version > 1 and defined $arg[4] and $arg[4] =~ /RECNO/ and
$arg[1] and ! -e $arg[1]) {
open(FH, ">$arg[1]") or return undef ;
In the case-insensitive example above, the keys: 'KEY' and 'key'
would be considered duplicates, and assigning to the second one
would overwrite the first. If duplicates are allowed for (with the
-R_DUPS flag discussed below), only a single copy of duplicate keys
+R_DUP flag discussed below), only a single copy of duplicate keys
is stored in the database --- so (again with example above) assigning
three values to the keys: 'KEY', 'Key', and 'key' would leave just
the first key: 'KEY' in the database with three values. For some
space for fixed length records.
Also note that the bval option only allows you to specify a single byte
-as a delimeter.
+as a delimiter.
=head2 A Simple Example
=item B<$X-E<gt>splice(offset, length, elements);>
-Returns a splice of the the array.
+Returns a splice of the array.
=back
use DB_File ;
my %hash ;
- my $filename = "/tmp/filt" ;
+ my $filename = "filt" ;
unlink $filename ;
my $db = tie %hash, 'DB_File', $filename, O_CREAT|O_RDWR, 0666, $DB_HASH
a DBM database it always writes the key and value as strings. So when
you use this:
- $hash{12345} = "soemthing" ;
+ $hash{12345} = "something" ;
the key 12345 will get stored in the DBM database as the 5 byte string
"12345". If you actually want the key to be stored in the DBM database
use strict ;
use DB_File ;
my %hash ;
- my $filename = "/tmp/filt" ;
+ my $filename = "filt" ;
unlink $filename ;
The locking technique went like this.
- $db = tie(%db, 'DB_File', '/tmp/foo.db', O_CREAT|O_RDWR, 0666)
- || die "dbcreat /tmp/foo.db $!";
+ $db = tie(%db, 'DB_File', 'foo.db', O_CREAT|O_RDWR, 0644)
+ || die "dbcreat foo.db $!";
$fd = $db->fd;
open(DB_FH, "+<&=$fd") || die "dup $!";
flock (DB_FH, LOCK_EX) || die "flock: $!";
the directory F<ext/DB_File>. Given the amount of time between releases
of Perl the version that ships with Perl is quite likely to be out of
date, so the most recent version can always be found on CPAN (see
-L<perlmod/CPAN> for details), in the directory
+L<perlmodlib/CPAN> for details), in the directory
F<modules/by-module/DB_File>.
This version of B<DB_File> will work with either version 1.x, 2.x or
3.x of Berkeley DB, but is limited to the functionality provided by
version 1.
-The official web site for Berkeley DB is F<http://www.sleepycat.com>.
+The official web site for Berkeley DB is F<http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/berkeley-db/db/index.html>.
All versions of Berkeley DB are available there.
Alternatively, Berkeley DB version 1 is available at your nearest CPAN
=head1 COPYRIGHT
-Copyright (c) 1995-2002 Paul Marquess. All rights reserved. This program
+Copyright (c) 1995-2007 Paul Marquess. All rights reserved. This program
is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
same terms as Perl itself.
copyright and its own license. Please take the time to read it.
Here are are few words taken from the Berkeley DB FAQ (at
-F<http://www.sleepycat.com>) regarding the license:
+F<http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/berkeley-db/db/index.html>) regarding the license:
Do I have to license DB to use it in Perl scripts?
=head1 SEE ALSO
-L<perl(1)>, L<dbopen(3)>, L<hash(3)>, L<recno(3)>, L<btree(3)>,
-L<dbmfilter>
+L<perl>, L<dbopen(3)>, L<hash(3)>, L<recno(3)>, L<btree(3)>,
+L<perldbmfilter>
=head1 AUTHOR
The DB_File interface was written by Paul Marquess
-E<lt>Paul.Marquess@btinternet.comE<gt>.
-Questions about the DB system itself may be addressed to
-E<lt>db@sleepycat.com<gt>.
+E<lt>pmqs@cpan.orgE<gt>.
=cut