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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ .\" This file is part of GDBM. -.\" Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +.\" Copyright (C) 2011, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. .\" .\" GDBM is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify @@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ .\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License .\" along with GDBM. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ -.TH GDBM 3 "August 9, 2011" "GDBM" "GDBM User Reference" -.ds ve 1.9 +.TH GDBM 3 "May 8, 2013" "GDBM" "GDBM User Reference" .SH NAME -GDBM - The GNU database manager. Includes \fBdbm\fR and \fBndbm\fR -compatability. (Version \*(ve.) +GDBM \- The GNU database manager. Includes \fBdbm\fR and \fBndbm\fR +compatibility. .SH SYNOPSIS .nf @@ -201,5 +200,5 @@ Insert only, generate an error if key exists; Replace contents if key exists. .PP -If a reader calls \fBgdbm_store\fR, the return value will be -1. +If a reader calls \fBgdbm_store\fR, the return value will be \-1. If called with \fBGDBM_INSERT\fR and \fIkey\fR is in the database, the return value will be 1. Otherwise, the return value is 0. @@ -246,5 +245,5 @@ To remove some data from the database: key data. -The return value is -1 if the item is not present or the requester is a reader. +The return value is \-1 if the item is not present or the requester is a reader. The return value is 0 if there was a successful delete. @@ -354,5 +353,5 @@ especially if used in conjunction with \fBGDBM_CENTFREE\fR. \fIvalue\fR \fIvalue\fR is the value to set \fIoption\fR to, specified as an integer pointer. \fIsize\fR is the size of the data pointed to by \fIvalue\fR. -The return value will be -1 upon failure, or 0 upon success. The global +The return value will be \-1 upon failure, or 0 upon success. The global variable \fIgdbm_errno\fR will be set upon failure. @@ -400,10 +399,10 @@ structures point to data that \fBgdbm\fR WILL free. They should be treated as static pointers (as standard UNIX \fBdbm\fR does). .SH LINKING -This library is accessed by specifying \fI-lgdbm\fR as the last +This library is accessed by specifying \fI\-lgdbm\fR as the last parameter to the compile line, e.g.: .sp .nf .in +5 -gcc -o prog prog.c -lgdbm +gcc \-o prog prog.c \-lgdbm .in .fi @@ -414,5 +413,5 @@ you must link in the \fIgdbm_compat\fR library as well. For example: .nf .in +5 -gcc -o prog proc.c -lgdbm -lgdbm_compat +gcc \-o prog proc.c \-lgdbm \-lgdbm_compat .in .fi @@ -420,8 +419,10 @@ gcc -o prog proc.c -lgdbm -lgdbm_compat .SH "BUG REPORTS" -Send bug reports to <bug-gdbm@gnu.org>. +Send bug reports to <bug\-gdbm@gnu.org>. .SH "SEE ALSO" -dbm, ndbm -.SH AUTHOR +.BR gdbm_dump (1), +.BR gdbm_load (1), +.BR gdbmtool (1). +.SH AUTHORS by Philip A. Nelson, Jason Downs and Sergey Poznyakoff. .SH COPYRIGHT |