This is the perl5 DBZ_File distribution, written by Wayne Davison. It probably only works with perl version 5.003 and later.

This package allows a perl program to read and write a DBZ database, such as the news history file. It does support the creation of a new database if the .pag and .lib files are missing -- just call the tie function with a create flag and a mode (see the documentation).

The default Makefile.PL assumes that you've got dbz.h and libdbz.a installed on your system. If you don't, add any needed -I and -L directives, or reference the object files directly, as required.

You install the library by running these commands:

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

Please feel free to send any bug reports, suggestions, etc., to: <wayne@clari.net>.

Enjoy!

..wayne..