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Re: [MacPerl] ndbm pocket size
- To: mac-perl@iis.ee.ethz.ch
- Subject: Re: [MacPerl] ndbm pocket size
- From: Matthias Ulrich Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch>
- Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 14:54:16 +0100
- In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 13 Mar 1996 13:53:01 +0100.
In message <v02140b00ad6c63978f6e@[130.60.44.77]> you write:
>does anybody know what the restrictions on the ndbm pocket size is? 32k?
No "restriction" as such, but disk space requirements grow disproportionally
when many or all pockets are fille beyond their "natural" size. This size, I
think, can be adjusted with
use DB_File;
$DB_HASH{"bsize"} = 65536; # Or whatever you want
Matthias
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