gdbm: A library of database functions to the standard UNIX dbm 
gdbm: 
gdbm: These routines are provided to a programmer needing to create and
gdbm: manipulate a hashed database.
gdbm: 
gdbm: The basic use of GDBM is to store key/data pairs in a data file.
gdbm: Each key must be unique and each key is paired with only one data item.
gdbm: 
gdbm: The library provides primitives for storing key/data pairs, searching
gdbm: and retrieving the data by its key and deleting a key along with its data.
gdbm: It also support sequential iteration over all key/data pairs in a database.
gdbm: 
gdbm: For compatibility with programs using old UNIX dbm function, the package
gdbm: also provides traditional dbm and ndbm interfaces.
gdbm: 
gdbm:
gdbm: Package maintainer: Felipe Sanchez <izto@asic-linux.com.mx>
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