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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2001-03-02 06:43:49 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2001-03-02 06:43:49 (GMT)
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RISCOS changes by dschwertberger.
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/whichdb.py b/Lib/whichdb.py
index 1f12099..fe54cc5 100644
--- a/Lib/whichdb.py
+++ b/Lib/whichdb.py
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
"""Guess which db package to use to open a db file."""
+import os
+
+if os.sep==".":
+ endsep = "/"
+else:
+ endsep = "."
+
def whichdb(filename):
"""Guess which db package to use to open a db file.
@@ -17,9 +24,9 @@ def whichdb(filename):
# Check for dbm first -- this has a .pag and a .dir file
try:
- f = open(filename + ".pag", "rb")
+ f = open(filename + endsep + "pag", "rb")
f.close()
- f = open(filename + ".dir", "rb")
+ f = open(filename + endsep + "dir", "rb")
f.close()
return "dbm"
except IOError:
@@ -27,9 +34,9 @@ def whichdb(filename):
# Check for dumbdbm next -- this has a .dir and and a .dat file
try:
- f = open(filename + ".dat", "rb")
+ f = open(filename + endsep + "dat", "rb")
f.close()
- f = open(filename + ".dir", "rb")
+ f = open(filename + endsep + "dir", "rb")
try:
if f.read(1) in ["'", '"']:
return "dumbdbm"