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From: Tim Singletary <tsingle@talon.clark.net>
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Subject: Re: ndbm function man pages?
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> A look in /usr/src/lib/libc/db/hash/ shows the dbm_* functions are 
> defined here, but it also looks like the proper way to use them is 
> via the dbopen(3) function. 

dbopen() is a much better interface, and any documentation of the
dbm_* functions should reference dbopen(3).

But dbopen() is not in `The Single UNIX Specification' (somewhere
under http://www.opengroup.org/) and is not included in Solaris; the
dbm_* functions are.   Since legacy and `portable' code calls the dbm_*
functions directly, FreeBSD should document these functions.

I assume the best place for dbm_* man pages is the
/usr/src/lib/libc/db/man directory? 

tim


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