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author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1995-04-10 11:34:00 (GMT) |
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committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1995-04-10 11:34:00 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libgdbm.tex b/Doc/lib/libgdbm.tex index 177627f..f353b5e 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libgdbm.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libgdbm.tex @@ -18,13 +18,14 @@ raised for general mapping errors like specifying an incorrect key. \end{excdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{open}{filename\, rwmode\, filemode} -Open a gdbm database and return a mapping object. \var{filename} is +Open a gdbm database and return a mapping object. \var{filename} is the name of the database file, \var{rwmode} is \code{'r'}, \code{'w'}, \code{'c'}, or \code{'n'} for reader, writer (this also gives read access), create (writer, but create the database if it doesn't already -exist) and newdb (which will always create a new database). Only one -writer may open a gdbm file and many readers may open the file. Readers -and writers cannot open the gdbm file at the same time. Note that the -\code{GDBM_FAST} mode of opening the database is not supported. \var{filemode} -is the \UNIX\ mode of the file, used only when a database is created. +exist) and newdb (which will always create a new database). Only one +writer may open a gdbm file and many readers may open the file. Readers +and writers cannot open the gdbm file at the same time. Note that the +\code{GDBM_FAST} mode of opening the database is not supported. +\var{filemode} is the \UNIX\ mode of the file, used only when a +database is created (but to be supplied at all times). \end{funcdesc} |