From: bhowes at cssun3.corp.mot.com (Brad Howes)
Date: 14 Apr 1999 10:02:32 -0700
Subject: simple indexed file module?
References: <joe-120419991008353558@chinacat.salk.edu>
Message-ID: <wjy3e23nniv.fsf@cssun3.corp.mot.com>
X-UID: 1113                                                  

>>>> 'Joe Strout (joe at strout.net)' asked the following:

 JS> For a CGI script I'm working on, I need to keep a couple of indexed
 JS> files.[snip]

I have good luck with the `anydbm' module. This gives you keyed indexing
into a data file. It attempts to import dbhash, gdbm, dbm, or dumbdbm as
a backend. On my Windows/NT box, there is dbhash. I've used gdbm on
Unix. Not sure what comes with the Macintosh install.

Brad


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