GNU dbm ('gdbm') is a library of database functions that use extendible hashing and works similarly to the standard UNIX 'dbm' functions.

The basic use of 'gdbm' is to store key/data pairs in a data file, thus providing a persistent version of the 'dictionary' Abstract Data Type ('hash' to perl programmers). This package includes following command line tools:

* gdbm_dump -- dump database content into system-independant format * gdbm_load -- recreate database from dump, created by gdbm_dump * gdbmtool -- view and modify an existing database or to create a new one.