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authorSergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>2013-12-25 14:34:45 +0000
committerSergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>2013-12-25 14:34:45 +0000
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-GNU dbm NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2013-05-21
+GNU dbm NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2013-12-25
Copyright (C) 1990-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
See the end of file for copying conditions.
Please send gdbm bug reports to <bug-gdbm@gnu.org>.
-Version 1.10.90 (Git)
+Version 1.11, 2013-12-25
* Improved dump format.
+A new dump format is implemented, which encodes all data in base64 and
+stores not only key/data pairs, but also the original database file
+metadata, such as file name, mode and ownership. Files in this format
+can be sent without additional encapsulation over transmission
+channels that normally allow only ASCII data. Dumps in this format
+allow for restoring an exact copy of the database, including file
+ownership and privileges.
+
* New function: gdbm_count
int gdbm_count (GDBM_FILE *file, gdbm_count *count);
@@ -21,7 +29,7 @@ Gdbm_dump create a plain-text dump of the GDBM database. This dump
can be used to create an exact copy of the database afterward.
The gdbm_load performs the reverse: given the dump file, it creates a
-GDBM database. Apart from the GDBM dump format, it also understands
+GDBM database. Apart from native GDBM dump formats, it also understands
the format generated by Berkeley DB db_dump utility. Thus, an easy
way to convert a Berkeley DB database to GDBM is:

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