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Re: Using a shell database



On 11/14/05, zzapper <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have shell utility which stores information (between sessions) in a series of text files. I now
> want to do something more complicated, and realise I should be considering using a database.
> I then ran smack into a steep learning curve.
> Is there a shell accessible database? gdbm?
> Pointers please, examples if possible

You don't want to bring databases into your shell script. You want to
begin to use a tool that's better-suited for the job, like Perl,
Python or Ruby.

--
Ian Langworth



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