Re: [MacPerl] DBM (fwd)

[pudge@pobox.com (Chris Nandor)]

At 9.53 7/10/97, Mark Manning/Muniz Eng. wrote:
>According to Wade Williams:
>> Ok, dumb question.
>>
>> Is there any easy way to do DBM functions on the Mac?
>
>As Brian said - yes.  Also, you can spin your own DBM
>functions through the use of SYSOPEN, SYSREAD, SYSWRITE,
>and SYSSEEK.  You should also use the:
>
>        use FileHandle;
>
>command when using them.
>
>(Oops - and the CLOSE statement too I guess.  :-) )

Best way in Perl5 (and MacPerl5) is to use the DB_File module, along with
the tie() statement.  See the Blue Camel for more details.

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