source: general/genlib/gdbm.xml@ 5cd0959d

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

<!ENTITY gdbm-download-http "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdbm/gdbm-&gdbm-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY gdbm-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdbm/gdbm-&gdbm-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY gdbm-size "223 KB">
<!ENTITY gdbm-buildsize "4.1 MB">
<!ENTITY gdbm-time "0.08 SBU">

]>

<sect1 id="gdbm" xreflabel="GDBM-&gdbm-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="gdbm.html"?>
<title>GDBM-&gdbm-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application><acronym>GDBM</acronym></application></title>
                                                                              
<para>The <application><acronym>GDBM</acronym></application> package
contains the <acronym>GNU</acronym> Database Manager. This
is a disk file format database which stores key/data-pairs in single
files. The actual data of any record being stored is indexed by a unique
key, which can be retrieved in less time than if it was stored in a text
file.</para>
                                                                              
<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&gdbm-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&gdbm-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &gdbm-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
&gdbm-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&gdbm-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>
                                                                              
                                                                              
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application><acronym>GDBM</acronym></application></title>
                                                                              
<para>Install <application><acronym>GDBM</acronym></application> by running the following commands:
</para>
                                                                              
<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make BINOWN=root BINGRP=root install</command></userinput></screen>
                                                                              
<para>In addition, you may need to install the <application>DBM</application>
and <application>NDBM</application> compatibility headers since some
applications look for these older dbm routines.</para>
                                                                              
<screen><userinput><command>make BINOWN=root BINGRP=root install-compat</command></userinput></screen>
                                                                              
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>
                                                                              
<para><command>make BINOWN=root BINGRP=root install</command>: This
command overrides the <varname>BINOWN</varname> and
<varname>BINGRP</varname> variables in the <filename>Makefile</filename>
changing ownership of the installed files to root instead of the bin
user.</para>
                                                                              
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>
                                                                              
<para>The <application><acronym>GDBM</acronym></application> package
contains <filename class="libraryfile">libgdbm</filename> libraries.</para>
                                                                              
</sect2>
                                                                              
<sect2><title>Description</title>
                                                                              
<sect3><title>gdbm libraries</title>
<para><filename class="libraryfile">libgdbm</filename> libraries contain functions that perform
database routines using extendible hashing.</para></sect3>
                                                                              
                                                                              
</sect2>

</sect1>