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diff --git a/chapter06/gdbm.xml b/chapter06/gdbm.xml index f08a365a2..a5dacdbcc 100644 --- a/chapter06/gdbm.xml +++ b/chapter06/gdbm.xml @@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ <sect2 role="package"> <title/> - <para>The GDBM package contains the GNU Database Manager. This is a disk - file format database which stores key/data-pairs in single files. The - actual data of any record being stored is indexed by a unique key, which can - be retrieved in less time than if it was stored in a text file.</para> + <para>The GDBM package contains the GNU Database Manager. It is a library + of database functions that use extensible hashing and work similar to the + standard UNIX dbm. The library provides primitives for storing key/data + pairs, searching and retrieving the data by its key and deleting a key + along with its data. </para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> |