Module dirdbm

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Version of dbm that uses files in a directory

Allows simultaneous read-write access to the data since the OS allows multiple processes to have access to the file system.

$Id: dirdbm.py 678 2005-07-01 21:19:43Z perry $

XXX need to implement 'n' open flag (force new database creation) XXX maybe allow for known key with None as value in dict? XXX keys, len are incomplete if directory is not writable?

R. White, 2000 September 26

Imports: __builtin__