perl-BerkeleyDB

Perl extension for Berkeley DB version 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6

*NOTE: This document is still under construction. Expect it to be incomplete in places.* This Perl module provides an interface to most of the functionality available in Berkeley DB versions 2, 3, 5 and 6. In general it is safe to assume that the interface provided here to be identical to the Berkeley DB interface. The main changes have been to make the Berkeley DB API work in a Perl way. Note that if you are using Berkeley DB 2.x, the new features available in Berkeley DB 3.x or later are not available via this module. The reader is expected to be familiar with the Berkeley DB documentation. Where the interface provided here is identical to the Berkeley DB library and the... TODO The *db_appinit*, *db_cursor*, *db_open* and *db_txn* man pages are particularly relevant. The interface to Berkeley DB is implemented with a number of Perl classes.