Re: DBM formats

You wrote: > First find out what kind of files they are with the 'file' command (CLI). I answered that already: > > > I have at home >2mb of dbm files, which > > > file tells me > > > are gnu dbm or ndbm 1.x. Unfortunately on my server I have > > > Berkeley db 2.x files. > Then use dba_open() function (lookit-up in the manual) to transfer files > between formats. If you have Linux, you must have installed at least gdbm:-) The problem is that dba is an abstraction layer - it doesn't get away from the fact that what it is abstracting on my web server is db 2 and on my home machine dbm - both can still only read one format. > > I don't understand entirely what you want to do... so I'll just throw > > out a couple suggestions... Convert the files from gnu dbm to db 2. > > You may be able to write a C program using GDBM's compat functions to > > convert the files before uploading. I'd rather not if I can help it - are there any utilities that will do this? PS. I know about the compatibilty functions - I believe RPM v4 uses them for example, but I really would like a highlevel interface to convert. -- Random fortune When you say "I wrote a program that crashed Windows", people just stare at you blankly and say "Hey, I got those with the system, *for free*".