GDBM 1.25

Item posted by Sergey Poznyakoff <gray> on Sat Mar 22 14:39:42 2025.

GNU DBM version 1.25 is available for download. New in this release:

New function: gdbm_open_ext

This function provides a general-purpose interface for opening and creating GDBM files. It combines the possibilities of gdbm_open and gdbm_fd_open and provides detailed control over database file
locking.

New gdbmtool command: collisions

The command prints the collision chains for the current bucket, or for buckets identified by its arguments.

Pipelines in gdbmtool

The output of a gdbmtool command can be connected to the input of a shell command using the traditional pipeline syntax.

Bugfixes

• Fix a bug in block coalescing code.
• Other minor fixes.