README
1# $NetBSD: README,v 1.3 1996/05/03 21:17:07 cgd Exp $
2# @(#)README 8.27 (Berkeley) 9/1/94
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4This is version 1.85 of the Berkeley DB code.
5
6For information on compiling and installing this software, see the file
7PORT/README.
8
9Newer versions of this software will periodically be made available by
10anonymous ftp from ftp.cs.berkeley.edu. An archive in compressed format
11is in ucb/4bsd/db.tar.Z, or in gzip format in ucb/4bsd/db.tar.gz. If
12you'd like to receive announcements of future releases of this software,
13send email to the contact address below.
14
15Email questions may be addressed to Keith Bostic at bostic@cs.berkeley.edu.
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18Distribution contents:
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20Makefile.inc Ignore this, it's the 4.4BSD subsystem Makefile.
21PORT The per OS/architecture directories to use to build
22 libdb.a, if you're not running 4.4BSD. See the file
23 PORT/README for more information.
24README This file.
25btree The B+tree routines.
26changelog List of changes, per version.
27db The dbopen(3) interface routine.
28docs Various USENIX papers, and the formatted manual pages.
29hash The extended linear hashing routines.
30man The unformatted manual pages.
31mpool The memory pool routines.
32recno The fixed/variable length record routines.
33test Test package.
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36Debugging:
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38If you're running a memory checker (e.g. Purify) on DB, make sure that
39you recompile it with "-DPURIFY" in the CFLAGS, first. By default,
40allocated pages are not initialized by the DB code, and they will show
41up as reads of uninitialized memory in the buffer write routines.
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