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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libanydbm.tex | 14 |
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libanydbm.tex b/Doc/lib/libanydbm.tex index 8736c1c..eef4d03 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libanydbm.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libanydbm.tex @@ -71,17 +71,17 @@ should only be used when no other DBM-style database is available. \begin{funcdesc}{open}{filename\optional{, flag\optional{, mode}}} -Open the database file \var{filename} and return a corresponding object. -The optional \var{flag} argument can be -\code{'r'} to open an existing database for reading only, -\code{'w'} to open an existing database for reading and writing, -\code{'c'} to create the database if it doesn't exist, or -\code{'n'}, which will always create a new empty database. If not -specified, the default value is \code{'r'}. +Open the database file \var{filename} and return a corresponding +object. The \var{flag} argument, used to control how the database is +opened in the other DBM implementations, is ignored in +\module{dumbdbm}; the database is always opened for update, and will +be created if it does not exist. The optional \var{mode} argument is the \UNIX{} mode of the file, used only when the database has to be created. It defaults to octal \code{0666} (and will be modified by the prevailing umask). +\versionchanged[The \var{mode} argument was ignored in earlier + versions]{2.2} \end{funcdesc} \begin{excdesc}{error} |