_Database Class Reference

Public Member Functions
def	__init__
def	__getitem__

Detailed Description

Definition at line 33 of file dumbdbm.py.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

def __init__	(		self,
			file,
			mode
	)

Definition at line 35 of file dumbdbm.py.

References _Database._bakfile, _Database._datfile, _Database._dirfile, _Database._index, _Database._mode, dumbdbm._open, _Database._update(), and string.rstrip().

    def __init__(self, file, mode):
        self._mode = mode
        self._dirfile = file + _os.extsep + 'dir'
        self._datfile = file + _os.extsep + 'dat'
        self._bakfile = file + _os.extsep + 'bak'
        # Mod by Jack: create data file if needed
        try:
            f = _open(self._datfile, 'r')
        except IOError:
            f = _open(self._datfile, 'w', self._mode)
        f.close()
        self._update()