Mercurial > cpython-lru_cache-weakref
diff Tools/scripts/db2pickle.py @ 31613:46df08eb0839 legacy-trunk
* explain flags in doc strings
* reverse order of files on the command line in pickle2db.py to make it
symmetrical with db2pickle.py in the two-arg case (src, then dest)
| author | Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> |
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| date | Wed, 03 Mar 2004 17:42:08 +0000 |
| parents | ac8c7716a85d |
| children | afbde360dd1a |
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--- a/Tools/scripts/db2pickle.py Wed Mar 03 16:34:31 2004 +0000 +++ b/Tools/scripts/db2pickle.py Wed Mar 03 17:42:08 2004 +0000 @@ -4,10 +4,18 @@ Synopsis: %(prog)s [-h|-g|-b|-r|-a] dbfile [ picklefile ] Convert the database file given on the command line to a pickle -representation. The optional flags indicate the type of the database (hash, -btree, recno). The default is hash. If a pickle file is named it is opened -for write access (deleting any existing data). If no pickle file is named, -the pickle output is written to standard output. +representation. The optional flags indicate the type of the database: + + -a - open using anydbm + -b - open as bsddb btree file + -d - open as dbm file + -g - open as gdbm file + -h - open as bsddb hash file + -r - open as bsddb recno file + +The default is hash. If a pickle file is named it is opened for write +access (deleting any existing data). If no pickle file is named, the pickle +output is written to standard output. """