dbm🔗 i

This package provides an interface to UNIX dbm databases for Racket.

procedure
( dbm? v)→boolean?
v:any/c

Returns #t if v is a dbm structure, #f otherwise.

A dbm structure is a dictionary.

procedure
( dbm-open pth)→dbm?
pth:path-string?

Opens the dbm file at pth, returning a handle.

procedure
( dbm-close! dbm)→void
dbm:dbm?

Closes the database handled by dbm.

procedure
( dbm-remove! dbmkey)→void
dbm:dbm?
key:string?

Removes key from dbm.

procedure
( dbm-set! dbmkeyval[#:replace?replace?])→void
dbm:dbm?
key:string?
val:string?
replace?:boolean? =#f

Sets key to val in dbm. Results in an error if key is present in dbm and replace? is not true.

procedure
( dbm-ref dbmkeyfail)→string?
dbm:dbm?
key:string?
fail:(or/c string? (-> string? ))

Returns key’s value in dbm, calling or returning fail if key is not present, like dict-ref .

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