DB_File::DB_Database 0.031
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This is the README file for the DB_File::DB_Database packages. Please read it if you install this module for the first time or if there are some problems with the module.

This module can handle DB_File database(DB_HASH, key/value pairs) as a table. It also can create index files(DB_BTREE) to faster the searching speed. It is an Beta version, use it at your own risk.

Installation

Perl 5.004 is required. DB_File is required. To verify the DB_File is installed and work well first is better.

        Download the tar.gz, unpack it, change to the DB_File::DB_Database
        directory. Then do
                perl Makefile.PL
                make
                make install
        instead of just perl Makefile.PL, and in your scripts do
                                   
                use lib '/your/directory';
                use DB_File::DB_Database;
        You are free to just copy the 'lib' directory where you want it to
        have. This should work.

Problems and bug reports:

run the flowering to test the package.

        t/1_open_close.t
        t/2_read_write.t
        
        If you found any bugs or make any patches, I would be appriciate 
        to hear from you.

If it works for you:

        I'd appreciate any message if you use the module and find it
        usefull -- I'm just curious what tasks people use the module
        for and what they expect from it. You can of course also
        send something more valuable.

Copyright: (c) 2001 Ran Ningyu,

        rny@yahoo.com.cn http://perl.yesky.net/ at SouthEast University, Nanjing, China.
        All rights reserved. This package is free software; you can redistribute
        it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
History

0.031 2001.10.22: Fix test fail bug, thanks to Jörgen<jorgen@elfi.org>

0.03 2001.05.14: Fix some tiny bugs, Perl -w could run

0.02 2001.05.02: Fixed some tiny bugs.

0.013 2001.04.22: First Released Privately