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dbminit() -- DBM Function (libgdbm) Open a DBM data base #include <dbm.h> int dbminit(database) char *database; Function dbminit() opens and initializes a DBM data base. database points to the name of the data base to open. Please note that unlike the GDBM function gdbm_open() or the DBM function dbm_open(), dbminit() does not create a data base -- it merely opens it for manipulation. If the data base does not exist, you must first create it. To do so, create the empty files database.pag and database.dir. If all goes well, dbminit() returns zero. If something goes wrong, it returns a negative value. See Also Notes For a statement of copyright and permissions on this routine, see the Lexicon entry for libgdbm.