Project gdbm
gdbm
1.24
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2024-07-02
* New gdbm_load option: --update The --update (-U) option instructs gdbm_load to update an existing database. * Fix semantics of gdbm_load -r The --replace (-r) is valid only when used together with --update. * Use getline in gdbmtool shell. * New function: gdbm_load_from_file_ext In contrast to gdbm_load and gdbm_load_from_file, which derive the value of the flag parameter for gdbm_open from the value of their "replace" argument, this function allows the caller to specify it explicitly. The prototype is: int gdbm_load_from_file_ext (GDBM_FILE *pdbf, FILE *fp, int flags, int replace, int meta_mask, unsigned long *line); * Bugfixes ** Fix binary dump format for key and/or data of zero size. (see https://puszcza.gnu.org.ua/bugs/?565) ** Fix location tracking and recover command in gdbtool. (see https://puszcza.gnu.org.ua/bugs/?566) ** Fix possible buffer underflow in gdbmload. ** Ensure any padding bytes in avail_elem structure are filled with 0. (fixes https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1031276) ** Improve the documentation.
GNU dbm is a library of database functions that use extendible hashing and works similar to the standard UNIX dbm functions. These routines are provided to a programmer needing to create and manipulate a hashed database.