GNU dbm is a set of database routines that use extendible hashing and
works similar to the standard UNIX dbm routines.

This is release 1.7.3 of GNU dbm.

To compile gdbm:

   a)  configure <config parameters like -prefix ... see INSTALL>
   b)  make 

To compile the optional test and conversion programs:

   a)  make progs

To install the basic package:

   a)  make install

To install the optional dbm and ndbm compatibility headers:

   a)  make install-compat

(You might want to "make -n install" to make sure it will put things
were you want them.)

Please report bugs to
	bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu

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The files are:

INSTALL		- Installation tips and information.
NEWS		- New and changed things.
COPYING		- Copying information.
README		- This file.

bucket.c, extern.h, falloc.c, findkey.c, gdbm.proto, gdbmclose.c,
gdbmconst.h gdbmdefs.h, gdbmdelete.c, gdbmerrno.h, gdbmfetch.c, gdbmsync.c,
gdbmopen.c, gdbmreorg.c, gdbmseq.c, gdbmstore.c, global.c, gndbm.h,
hash.c systems.h, update.c, version.c - Source for GNU dbm library.

dbm.h dbminit.c, delete.c, fetch.c, seq.c, store.c - Source for the
DBM interface.

dbmclose.c, dbmdelete.c, dbmdirfno.c, dbmfetch.c, dbmopen.c, dbmpagfno.c
dbmseq.c, dbmstore.c, ndbm.h - Source for the NDBM interface.

Makefile 	- Makefile, will make gdbm.a  (BSD and SYSV)
testgdbm.c	- A simple test program.
testdbm.c	- A simple test program.
testndbm.c	- A simple test program.
conv2gdbm.c	- A dbm database conversion program.

gdbm.3, gdbm.texinfo - Documentation for gdbm.

The author of GNU dbm may be reached via e-mail to <phil@cs.wwu.edu>,
and the current maintainer may be reached at <downsj@csos.orst.edu>.
E-mail may be sent to either, or both, of these people.

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Future versions of GDBM may be far, far more UNIX dependent than the
library is, currently.  If you are/have ported GDBM to non-UNIX like
operating systems, please send e-mail to <downsj@csos.orst.edu>.
Please include information about your port, including the type of
operating system, your reasons for doing the port, and what changes
you have made.