On 16/10/15 01:21, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
Python 2.5, under Linux:
dbm.open('foo', 'w')
creates two files:
foo.dir foo.pag
Likewise for Python 2.7.
Thanks Steven.
In Python 3.3 and 3.4, you need to pass the 'c' or 'n' flag, not 'w',
and only a single file is created: "foo".
I always used 'c' to create a new 'file' even on 2.x...
Can anyone confirm those results on Windows for 3.x please?
PS.
Although Steven only got 2 files under 2.7 a third(.bak) would be
created if he modified the contents. Hence my comment about 3
files being produced per database.
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