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authorSteven Knight <knight@baldmt.com>2004-02-28 07:25:33 (GMT)
committerSteven Knight <knight@baldmt.com>2004-02-28 07:25:33 (GMT)
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Document the dbm_module argument to SConsignFile().
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diff --git a/doc/man/scons.1 b/doc/man/scons.1
index 0b0756a..46a5dda 100644
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@@ -3287,9 +3287,9 @@ SConscript('bar/SConscript') # will chdir to bar
'\"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
.TP
-.RI SConsignFile([ file ])
+.RI SConsignFile([ file , dbm_module ])
.TP
-.RI env.SConsignFile([ file ])
+.RI env.SConsignFile([ file , dbm_module ])
This tells
.B scons
to store all file signatures
@@ -3306,6 +3306,23 @@ is not an absolute path name,
the file is placed in the same directory as the top-level
.B SConstruct
file.
+
+The optional
+.I dbm_module
+argument can be used to specify
+which Python database module
+The default is to use
+.B dumbdbm
+if the specified
+.I file
+does not already exist,
+and to use
+.B anydbm
+to auto-detect the database format
+if the
+.I file
+already exists.
+
Examples:
.ES