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authorJason Downs <downsj@downsj.com>2008-12-04 04:10:01 +0000
committerJason Downs <downsj@downsj.com>2008-12-04 04:10:01 +0000
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@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
\input texinfo @c -*- Texinfo -*-
+@comment $Id$
@comment %**start of header (This is for running Texinfo on a region.)
@setfilename gdbm.info
@include version.texi
@settitle gdbm
@dircategory Programming & development tools
@direntry
@@ -14,55 +15,51 @@
@finalout
@end iftex
@ifinfo
This file documents the GNU dbm utility.
-Copyright (C) 1989-1999, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
-Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
-this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
-are preserved on all copies.
-
-@ignore
-Permission is granted to process this file through Tex and print the
-results, provided the printed document carries copying permission
-notice identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph
-(this paragraph not being relevant to the printed manual).
-
-@end ignore
-Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
-manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided also that
-the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a
-permission notice identical to this one.
-
-Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual
-into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions.
+Copyright (C) 1989-1999, 2007-2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+@quotation
+Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
+under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
+Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover Texts being ``The GNU Database
+Manager,'' and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the
+license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation
+License.''
+
+(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have the freedom to
+copy and modify this GNU manual. Buying copies from the FSF
+supports it in developing GNU and promoting software freedom.''
+@end quotation
@end ifinfo
@titlepage
@null
@sp 6
@center @titlefont{GNU dbm}
@sp 2
@center A Database Manager
@sp 2
-@center by Philip A. Nelson and Jason Downs
+@center by Philip A. Nelson, Jason Downs and Sergey Poznyakoff
@sp 4
-@center Manual by Pierre Gaumond, Philip A. Nelson and Jason Downs
+@center Manual by Pierre Gaumond, Philip A. Nelson, Jason Downs
+@center and Sergey Poznyakoff
@sp 1
@center Edition @value{EDITION}
@sp 1
@center for GNU @code{dbm}, Version @value{VERSION}
@page
@null
@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
-Copyright @copyright{} 1993-99 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1993-1999, 2007-2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@sp 2
-This is Edition 1.5 of the @cite{GNU @code{dbm} Manual}, for @code{gdbm}
+This is Edition 1.6 of the @cite{GNU @code{dbm} Manual}, for @code{gdbm}
Version @value{VERSION}. @*
Last updated @value{UPDATED}
Published by the Free Software Foundation @*
675 Massachusetts Avenue, @*
Cambridge, MA 02139 USA @*
@@ -121,12 +118,15 @@ Programs
Other topics:
* Variables:: Two useful variables.
* Compatibility:: Compatibility with UNIX dbm and ndbm.
* Bugs:: Problems and bugs.
+* GNU Free Documentation License:: Document license.
+
+* Index:: Index
@end menu
@node Copying, Intro, Top, Top
@chapter Copying Conditions.
This library is @dfn{free}; this means that everyone is free to use
it and free to redistribute it on a free basis. GNU @code{dbm} (@code{gdbm})
@@ -154,13 +154,13 @@ out that there is no warranty for anything in the @code{gdbm} distribution.
If these functions are modified by someone else and passed on, we want
their recipients to know that what they have is not what we distributed,
so that any problems introduced by others will not reflect on our
reputation.@refill
@code{gdbm} is currently distributed under the terms of the GNU General
-Public License, Version 2. (@emph{NOT} under the GNU General Library
+Public License, Version 3. (@emph{NOT} under the GNU General Library
Public License.) A copy the GNU General Public License is included with
the distribution of @code{gdbm}.
@node Intro, List, Copying, Top
@chapter Introduction to GNU @code{dbm}.
@@ -982,13 +982,13 @@ If you want to compile an old C program that used UNIX @code{dbm} or @code{ndbm}
and want to use @code{gdbm} files, execute the following @code{cc} command:
@example
cc ... -L/usr/local/lib -lgdbm -lgdbm_compat
@end example
-@node Bugs, , Compatibility, Top
+@node Bugs, GNU Free Documentation License, Compatibility, Top
@chapter Problems and bugs.
If you have problems with GNU @code{dbm} or think you've found a bug,
please report it. Before reporting a bug, make sure you've actually
found a real bug. Carefully reread the documentation and see if it
really says you can do what you're trying to do. If it's not clear
@@ -998,38 +998,31 @@ a bug in the documentation!
Before reporting a bug or trying to fix it yourself, try to isolate it
to the smallest possible input file that reproduces the problem. Then
send us the input file and the exact results @code{gdbm} gave you. Also
say what you expected to occur; this will help us decide whether the
problem was really in the documentation.
-Once you've got a precise problem, send e-mail to:
-
-@example
-Internet: @file{bug-gnu-utils@@prep.ai.mit.edu}.
-UUCP: @file{mit-eddie!prep.ai.mit.edu!bug-gnu-utils}.
-@end example
+Once you've got a precise problem, send e-mail to the maintainers.
Please include the version number of GNU @code{dbm} you are using. You can get
this information by printing the variable @code{gdbm_version} (see Variables).
Non-bug suggestions are always welcome as well. If you have questions
about things that are unclear in the documentation or are just obscure
features, please report them too.
-You may contact the author by:
+You may contact the authors and maintainers by e-mail:
@example
- e-mail: phil@@cs.wwu.edu
- us-mail: Philip A. Nelson
- Computer Science Department
- Western Washington University
- Bellingham, WA 98226
+@file{phil@@cs.wwu.edu}, @file{downsj@@downsj.com}, @file{gray@@gnu.org.ua}
@end example
-You may contact the current maintainer by:
-@example
- e-mail: downsj@@downsj.com
-@end example
+@node GNU Free Documentation License, Index, Bugs, Top
+@appendix GNU Free Documentation License
-@bye
+@include fdl.texi
+@node Index, , GNU Free Documentation License, Top
+@unnumbered Index
+@printindex cp
+@bye

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