# DB_File.pm -- Perl 5 interface to Berkeley DB
#
# written by Paul Marquess (pmqs@cpan.org)
-# last modified 7th August 2004
-# version 1.810
+# last modified 28th October 2007
+# version 1.817
#
-# Copyright (c) 1995-2004 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 = "1.810" ;
+$VERSION = "1.817" ;
+$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 %{ $arg[4] } ;
# make recno in Berkeley DB version 2 (or better) work like
# recno in version 1.
+ if ($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 ;
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
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) 1995-2004 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?
The DB_File interface was written by Paul Marquess
E<lt>pmqs@cpan.orgE<gt>.
-Questions about the DB system itself may be addressed to
-E<lt>db@sleepycat.comE<gt>.
=cut