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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: libdbm.a
Message-ID: <1989Jun2.160818.4749@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <870@bimacs.BITNET> <8252@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 89 16:08:18 GMT

In article <8252@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> jockc@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Jock Cooper) writes:
>I have picked up several packages from the comp/sources/unix archives that seem
>to require a library called libdbm...  Where can I
>get a copy of the source code?  Or can I get it at all? ...

The original dbm was part of Version 7 Unix.  Some descendants of V7 picked
it up; some did not.  It is AT&T licensed software and theoretically cannot
be distributed without AT&T approval.  However...

1. I am told that there is a copy of it in some (all?) recent tapes of
	the X window system.

2. There is a near-public-domain reimplementation currently in beta test,
	which should be available soon.  (No, I'm not the author.)
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