HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 3 Library Functions A-M (vol 6)

dbm(3C) dbm(3C)

delete() does not physically reclaim ﬁle space, although it does make it available for reuse.

The order of keys presented by firstkey() and

nextkey() depends on a hashing function, not on

anything interesting.

store() or delete() during a pass through the keys by

firstkey() and nextkey() may yield

unexpected results.

AUTHOR

dbm() was developed by the University of California, Berkeley.