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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libwhichdb.tex b/Doc/lib/libwhichdb.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fbdfa8c --- /dev/null +++ b/Doc/lib/libwhichdb.tex @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +\section{Standard Module \sectcode{whichdb}} +\stmodindex{whichdb} + +The single function in this module attempts to guess which of the +several simple database modules available--dbm, gdbm, or +dbhash--should be used to open a given file. + +\renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(in module whichdb)} +\begin{funcdesc}{whichdb}{filename} +Returns one of the following values: \code{None} if the file can't be +opened because it's unreadable or doesn't exist; the empty string +(\code{""}) if the file's format can't be guessed; or a string +containing the required module name, such as \code{"dbm"} or +\code{"gdbm"}. +\end{funcdesc} + |