This is a port of GNU dbm (1.8.3) to windows.

The changed files are all kept in this subdirectory "win32".
Still there are some minor changes in some files in the
"main"-directory. These changes are simply some inserted
defines (IMEXPORT = __declspec(dllexport) or
 __declspec(dllimport)).
The files changed are:
global.c, version.c, gdbmerrno.h and testgdbm.c
systems.h: has a new Flag "HAVE_NOTHING" which is quite
           similar to the "Windows"-Environment, saying
		   there is no FLOCK and the whole file-locking
		   is simply defined to be empty
		   (file-locking is done in gdbmopen, reorganize,
		    ...)
The relevant changes in the files located in "win32" can be
found by looking for the WIN32 -ifdefs.

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CHANGES:
Version 1.8.3:
  * 23.08.2004 - Added Makefile.cygwin (thanks to Alejandro Lopez-Valencia)
  * 16.12.2003 - Adapted to the new gdbm-version 1.8.3
Version 1.8.0c:
  * 24.09.2002 - Bugfix (thanks to Nakaue Takumi) in gdbm.h.
                 endif for extern "C" in wrong line
Version 1.8.0b:
  * 04.04.2001 - Bugfix (thanks to Oleg Oleinick) in gdbm_reorganize.
                 Corrected window-filename-parsing

Version 1.8.0:
  * Initial Version

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BUILD GNU dbm:

o Visual-C++
  If you have the Visual-C++-Environment installed you should simply
  adapt the installation-paths in the first lines of "Makefile.vc",
  so they fit your configuration.  Than type 
  > nmake -f Makefile.vc
  in the "win32"-directory.
  (Or rename Makefile.vc to Makefile and simply
  > nmake
  )

  This should build gdbm.dll, testgdbm.exe, testdbm.exe, testndbm.exe,
  conv2gdbm.exe and samp1.exe in the "vc_release"-directory.

o Mingw32
  For the most people, who do not have a Visual-C++-Compiler or don't
  like it (e.g. me), I have provided a Makefile for the Mingw32-compiler
  and make utilities. I assume you have the regular utilities installed too
  (e.g. rm, mkdir, mv).
  Simply open a "sh" and type:
  > make -f Makefile.mingw
  or copy Makefile.mingw to Makefile and
  > make
  Several warnings occur, but they are harmless (at least I hope so)

o Cygnus
  I didn't spent the time to build a Cygnus-Makefile, but if someone
  has build one I will happily include it in this distribution.
  Thanks to Alejandro Lopez-Valencia for sending me the Makefile for
  the latest version of Cygwin gcc-compiler. 

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INSTALL of GNU dbm

  To install gdbm, simply copy "gdbm.dll" to your systems-directory
  (e.g. c:\winnt\system32) or better to a directory where you need it. 
  There is no install-target in the makefile.

  Gdbm has been tested under Windows 2000 (Mingw32 and VC++). It has
  also been tested successfully on Windows 98-SE (thanks to Nicholas
  Shea for reporting this).
  Please tell me if it worked for you on your platform.

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PROBLEMS of GNU dbm-Windows-port

  Due to the different byte-order on unix and windows gdbm-files are
  not cross-plattform. That means that you cannot use gdbm-files
  generated with the windows-port on a unix-machine.
  The gdbm_open-call will fail directly because of a wrong
  magic-number. 
  If someone knows a simple way to swap the byte-ordering (under
  Windows) he/she should tell me :-)

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The following files are included in this distribution (only concerning the
windows-subdirectory "win32"):

README.txt              - This file
Makefile.mingw          - Makefile for Windows to be used with Mingw32.
Makefile.cygwin         - Makefile for Windows to be used with latest
                          Cygwin.
Makefile.vc             - A Visual-C++ Makefile

autoconf.h,dbminit.c,dbmopen.c,gdbm.h,gdbmopen.c,gdbmreorg.c,getopt.c,
samp1.cpp,testdbm.c     - Files of gdbm which were adapted to Windows.
gdbm.dll                - A prebuild DLL for those of you who don't want
                          to build it yourself (build with VC++ 6.0).
testgdbm.exe/samp1.exe  - Testprogramms
                          The EXE and DLL are release-build with VC++ 6.0
						  on Windows 2000

For bugs or features concerning the windows port of GNU dbm you can contact:
Stefan Vogel <stefan at vogel-nest dot de>.
For bugs in gdbm you should contact the author or maintainer of gdbm
(see gdbm-1.8.3/README)
The original-distribution can be found at:
http://www.gnu.org/software/gdbm/gdbm.html