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gdbm
Description
GNU DBM bindings for Chicken.
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The following flags and procedures are defined. For more information, consult the gdbm(3) manual pages.
gdbm-open
(gdbm-open FILE [BLOCK-SIZE FLAGS MODE])
Returns a DBF object. FLAGS is one of the following:
[constant] GDBM_READER[constant] GDBM_WRITER
[constant] GDBM_WRCREAT
[constant] GDBM_NEWDB
[constant] GDBM_SYNC
[constant] GDBM_NOLOCK
gdbm-close
(gdbm-close DBF)
gdbm-store
(gdbm-store DBF KEY VALUE FLAG)
Returns an INT. FLAG is one of the following:
[constant] GDBM_INSERT[constant] GDBM_REPLACE
gdbm-delete
(gdbm-delete DBF KEY)
gdbm-fetch
(gdbm-fetch DBF KEY)
Returns a STRING
gdbm-exists
(gdbm-exists DBF KEY)
Returns a BOOL
gdbm-first-key
(gdbm-first-key DBF)
Returns a STRING
gdbm-next-key
(gdbm-next-key DBF STRING)
Returns a STRING
gdbm-fold
(gdbm-fold DBF KONS KNIL)
Returns the accumulated result.
Changelog
- 1.2 Daishi Kato provided another bugfix (null-pointer check for undefined results)
- 1.1 Supports keys and values with embedded #\nul characters [Contributed by Daishi Kato]; some fixes and optimizations by felix
- 1.0 Initial release
License
Copyright (c) 2005, Alex Shinn
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