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diff --git a/Doc/libdbm.tex b/Doc/libdbm.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7ff4ee5 --- /dev/null +++ b/Doc/libdbm.tex @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +\section{Built-in Module \sectcode{dbm}} +\bimodindex{dbm} + +Dbm provides python programs with an interface to the unix \code{ndbm} +database library. Dbm objects are of the mapping type, so they can be +handled just like objects of the built-in \dfn{dictionary} type, +except that keys and values are always strings, and printing a dbm +object doesn't print the keys and values. + +The module defines the following constant and functions: + +\renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(in module dbm)} +\begin{excdesc}{error} +Raised on dbm-specific errors, such as I/O errors. \code{KeyError} is +raised for general mapping errors like specifying an incorrect key. +\end{excdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{open}{filename\, rwmode\, filemode} +Open a dbm database and return a mapping object. \var{filename} is +the name of the database file (without the \file{.dir} or \file{.pag} +extensions), \var{rwmode} is \code{'r'}, \code{'w'} or \code{'rw'} as for +\code{open}, and \var{filemode} is the unix mode of the file, used only +when the database has to be created. +\end{funcdesc} |