glfs/general/genlib/gdbm.xml
Randy McMurchy 6732c09460 Updated all the XML files (and the one stylesheet) to use the 4.5 version of DocBook XML DTD
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
<!ENTITY gdbm-download-http "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdbm/gdbm-&gdbm-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY gdbm-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdbm/gdbm-&gdbm-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY gdbm-md5sum "1d1b1d5c0245b1c00aff92da751e9aa1">
<!ENTITY gdbm-size "223 KB">
<!ENTITY gdbm-buildsize "2.75 MB">
<!ENTITY gdbm-time "0.08 SBU">
]>
<sect1 id="gdbm" xreflabel="GDBM-&gdbm-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="gdbm.html"?>
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<title>GDBM-&gdbm-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="gdbm">
<primary sortas="a-GDBM">GDBM</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 role="package">
<title>Introduction to GDBM</title>
<para>The <application>GDBM</application> package contains the
GNU Database Manager. This is a disk file format database which stores
key/data-pairs in single files. The actual data of any record being stored
is indexed by a unique key, which can be retrieved in less time than if it
was stored in a text file.</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gdbm-download-http;"/></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gdbm-download-ftp;"/></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download MD5 sum: &gdbm-md5sum;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download size: &gdbm-size;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Estimated disk space required: &gdbm-buildsize;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Estimated build time: &gdbm-time;</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
<ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gdbm"/></para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of GDBM</title>
<para>Install <application>GDBM</application> by running
the following commands:
</para>
<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>
<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
<para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>make BINOWN=root BINGRP=root install</userinput></screen>
<para>In addition, you may need to install the <application>DBM</application>
and <application>NDBM</application> compatibility headers and library since
some applications look for these older dbm routines.</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>make BINOWN=root BINGRP=root install-compat</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="commands">
<title>Command Explanations</title>
<para><command>make BINOWN=root BINGRP=root install</command>: This
command overrides the <varname>BINOWN</varname> and
<varname>BINGRP</varname> variables in the <filename>Makefile</filename>
changing ownership of the installed files to
<systemitem class='username'>root</systemitem> instead of the
<systemitem class='username'>bin</systemitem> user.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="content">
<title>Contents</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>None</seg>
<seg>libgdbm.{so,a} and libgdbm_compat.{so,a}</seg>
<seg>None</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
<varlistentry id="libgdbm">
<term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgdbm.{so,a}</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>contains functions to manipulate a hashed database.</para>
<indexterm zone="gdbm libgdbm">
<primary sortas="c-libgdbm">libgdbm.{so,a}</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>