Re: [MacPerl] DB_File File Size

[matt@exponet.net]

Dear Richard,

> The corresponding code which worked for me, using DB_FILE, and which led to
> sensible file sizes, was:
> 
>   >	$Entries     = {} ;
>   >	$EntryFile   = "whatever" ;
>   >     tie %$Entries, "DB_File", $EntryFile,  O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0640,
> $DB_BTREE ;

The one thing present in your code, that wasn't present in mine, is the 
$DB_BTREE attribute after the permissions in the TIE statement. I inserted 
$DB_BTREE in my original code, and the DB file size shrunk from 2.5MB to 120k-- 
much more reasonable!

Do you know what the $DB_BTREE attribute does, and whether that's portable 
between UNIX and the MacOS?

Regards,

    -- Matt
     
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