1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY gdbm-download-http "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdbm/gdbm-&gdbm-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY gdbm-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdbm/gdbm-&gdbm-version;.tar.gz">
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9 | <!ENTITY gdbm-size "223 KB">
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10 | <!ENTITY gdbm-buildsize "4.1 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY gdbm-time "0.08 SBU">
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12 |
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="gdbm" xreflabel="GDBM-&gdbm-version;">
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16 | <sect1info>
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17 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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18 | <date>$Date$</date>
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19 | </sect1info>
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20 | <?dbhtml filename="gdbm.html"?>
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21 | <title>GDBM-&gdbm-version;</title>
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22 |
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23 | <sect2>
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24 | <title>Introduction to <application><acronym>GDBM</acronym></application></title>
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25 |
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26 | <para>The <application><acronym>GDBM</acronym></application> package
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27 | contains the <acronym>GNU</acronym> Database Manager. This
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28 | is a disk file format database which stores key/data-pairs in single
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29 | files. The actual data of any record being stored is indexed by a unique
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30 | key, which can be retrieved in less time than if it was stored in a text
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31 | file.</para>
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32 |
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33 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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34 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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35 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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36 | url="&gdbm-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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37 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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38 | url="&gdbm-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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39 | <listitem><para>Download size: &gdbm-size;</para></listitem>
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40 | <listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
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41 | &gdbm-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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42 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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43 | &gdbm-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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44 | </sect3>
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45 |
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46 |
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47 | </sect2>
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48 |
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49 | <sect2>
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50 | <title>Installation of <application><acronym>GDBM</acronym></application></title>
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51 |
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52 | <para>Install <application><acronym>GDBM</acronym></application> by running the following commands:
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53 | </para>
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54 |
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55 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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56 | make &&
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57 | make BINOWN=root BINGRP=root install</command></userinput></screen>
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58 |
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59 | <para>In addition, you may need to install the <application>DBM</application>
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60 | and <application>NDBM</application> compatibility headers since some
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61 | applications look for these older dbm routines.</para>
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62 |
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63 | <screen><userinput><command>make BINOWN=root BINGRP=root install-compat</command></userinput></screen>
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64 |
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65 | </sect2>
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66 |
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67 | <sect2>
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68 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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69 |
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70 | <para><command>make BINOWN=root BINGRP=root install</command>: This
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71 | command overrides the <varname>BINOWN</varname> and
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72 | <varname>BINGRP</varname> variables in the <filename>Makefile</filename>
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73 | changing ownership of the installed files to root instead of the bin
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74 | user.</para>
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75 |
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76 | </sect2>
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77 |
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78 | <sect2>
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79 | <title>Contents</title>
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80 |
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81 | <para>The <application><acronym>GDBM</acronym></application> package
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82 | contains <filename class="libraryfile">libgdbm</filename> libraries.</para>
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83 |
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84 | </sect2>
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85 |
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86 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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87 |
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88 | <sect3><title>gdbm libraries</title>
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89 | <para><filename class="libraryfile">libgdbm</filename> libraries contain functions that perform
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90 | database routines using extendible hashing.</para></sect3>
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91 |
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92 |
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93 | </sect2>
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94 |
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95 | </sect1>
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96 |
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