GDBM_File.pm revision 7c478bd95313f5f23a4c958a745db2134aa03244
# GDBM_File.pm -- Perl 5 interface to GNU gdbm library.
=head1 NAME
GDBM_File - Perl5 access to the gdbm library.
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use GDBM_File ;
tie %hash, 'GDBM_File', $filename, &GDBM_WRCREAT, 0640;
# Use the %hash array.
untie %hash ;
=head1 DESCRIPTION
B<GDBM_File> is a module which allows Perl programs to make use of the
facilities provided by the GNU gdbm library. If you intend to use this
module you should really have a copy of the gdbm manualpage at hand.
Most of the libgdbm.a functions are available through the GDBM_File
interface.
=head1 AVAILABILITY
Gdbm is available from any GNU archive. The master site is
C<prep.ai.mit.edu>, but your are strongly urged to use one of the many
mirrors. You can obtain a list of mirror sites by issuing the
command C<finger fsf@prep.ai.mit.edu>.
=head1 BUGS
The available functions and the gdbm/perl interface need to be documented.
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<perl(1)>, L<DB_File(3)>, L<perldbmfilter>.
=cut
package GDBM_File;
use strict;
use warnings;
our($VERSION, @ISA, @EXPORT, $AUTOLOAD);
require Carp;
require Tie::Hash;
require Exporter;
use AutoLoader;
use XSLoader ();
@ISA = qw(Tie::Hash Exporter);
@EXPORT = qw(
GDBM_CACHESIZE
GDBM_FAST
GDBM_INSERT
GDBM_NEWDB
GDBM_NOLOCK
GDBM_READER
GDBM_REPLACE
GDBM_WRCREAT
GDBM_WRITER
);
$VERSION = "1.05";
sub AUTOLOAD {
my($constname);
($constname = $AUTOLOAD) =~ s/.*:://;
my $val = constant($constname, @_ ? $_[0] : 0);
if ($! != 0) {
if ($! =~ /Invalid/ || $!{EINVAL}) {
$AutoLoader::AUTOLOAD = $AUTOLOAD;
goto &AutoLoader::AUTOLOAD;
}
else {
Carp::croak("Your vendor has not defined GDBM_File macro $constname, used");
}
}
eval "sub $AUTOLOAD { $val }";
goto &$AUTOLOAD;
}
XSLoader::load 'GDBM_File', $VERSION;
# Preloaded methods go here. Autoload methods go after __END__, and are
# processed by the autosplit program.
1;
__END__