[techtalk] Solaris DBM files - .pag and .dir extensions?

[Kelda-Anne Sholdice]

In perl, when I use dbmopen / dbmclose to map a hash into a disk file, two
files are create.  For a DBM called  my_dbm, they would be:  my_dbm.pag and
my_dbm.dir.

Alternately, I can take 1 file that has paired elements
	 qw(key1 value1 key2 value2 .... keyn valuen)
and read that array into a hash when I start, then write it as an array of
pairs again to my file when I'm done with it.

I'm thinking that maybe it is implemented slightly differently, but the end
effect should be the same.

< insert usual disclaimer here >

Kelda

--
The dir file is the database.  Are you sure that the .pag files are not
just symlinks to the .dir file?
-elainerd

Christian MacAuley wrote:
>
> Hi, everyone.  I hope i don't get shafted for asking for some help
> with Solaris Sparc ...
>
> I'm migrating a website from my former FreeBSD / Apache web server
> over to Solaris Sparc / Apache (i'd rather not do this, but it's what
> the boss man wants).  The website relies on password protection via
> the Apache AuthDBMUserFile directive, where usernames and passwords
> are stored in a DBM file.
>
> I have been using the dbmmanage script that comes with Apache to
> manage my DBM files.  In FreeBSD i can create a DBM file called
> "axess" by adding the user "jellhead" (or any username) using this
> command:
> dbmmanage axess adduser jellhead
>
> In Solaris instead of creating one file called "axess", this command
> creates two files:
> axess.pag
> axess.dir
>
> Does anyone have an experience with this?
>
> Thanx muchly!
>
> ~Christian
>
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