Author: georg.brandl Date: Thu Jul 29 16:46:07 2010 New Revision: 83231 Log: #9397: remove mention of dbm.bsd which does not exist anymore. Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/dbm.rst Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/dbm.rst ============================================================================== --- python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/dbm.rst (original) +++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/dbm.rst Thu Jul 29 16:46:07 2010 @@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ :synopsis: Interfaces to various Unix "database" formats. :mod:`dbm` is a generic interface to variants of the DBM database --- - :mod:`dbm.gnu` or :mod:`dbm.ndbm`. If none of these modules is installed, the - slow-but-simple implementation in module :mod:`dbm.dumb` will be used. There - is a `third party interface <http://www.jcea.es/programacion/pybsddb.htm>`_ to - the Oracle Berkely DB. +:mod:`dbm.gnu` or :mod:`dbm.ndbm`. If none of these modules is installed, the +slow-but-simple implementation in module :mod:`dbm.dumb` will be used. There +is a `third party interface <http://www.jcea.es/programacion/pybsddb.htm>`_ to +the Oracle Berkely DB. .. exception:: error @@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ .. function:: whichdb(filename) This functionattempts to guess which of the several simple database modules - available --- :mod:`dbm.bsd`, :mod:`dbm.gnu`, :mod:`dbm.ndbm` or - :mod:`dbm.dumb` --- should be used to open a given file. + available --- :mod:`dbm.gnu`, :mod:`dbm.ndbm` or :mod:`dbm.dumb` --- should + be used to open a given file. Returns one of the following values: ``None`` if the file can't be opened because it's unreadable or doesn't exist; the empty string (``''``) if the @@ -227,10 +227,9 @@ always stored as bytes. Printing a ``dbm`` object doesn't print the keys and values, and the :meth:`items` and :meth:`values` methods are not supported. -This module can be used with the "classic" ndbm interface, the BSD DB -compatibility interface, or the GNU GDBM compatibility interface. On Unix, the -:program:`configure` script will attempt to locate the appropriate header file -to simplify building this module. +This module can be used with the "classic" ndbm interface or the GNU GDBM +compatibility interface. On Unix, the :program:`configure` script will attempt +to locate the appropriate header file to simplify building this module. .. exception:: error @@ -246,9 +245,7 @@ .. function:: open(filename[, flag[, mode]]) Open a dbm database and return a ``dbm`` object. The *filename* argument is the - name of the database file (without the :file:`.dir` or :file:`.pag` extensions; - note that the BSD DB implementation of the interface will append the extension - :file:`.db` and only create one file). + name of the database file (without the :file:`.dir` or :file:`.pag` extensions). The optional *flag* argument must be one of these values: