1 1.3 cgd # $NetBSD: README,v 1.3 1996/05/03 21:17:07 cgd Exp $ 2 1.3 cgd # @(#)README 8.27 (Berkeley) 9/1/94 3 1.3 cgd 4 1.3 cgd This is version 1.85 of the Berkeley DB code. 5 1.3 cgd 6 1.3 cgd For information on compiling and installing this software, see the file 7 1.3 cgd PORT/README. 8 1.3 cgd 9 1.3 cgd Newer versions of this software will periodically be made available by 10 1.3 cgd anonymous ftp from ftp.cs.berkeley.edu. An archive in compressed format 11 1.3 cgd is in ucb/4bsd/db.tar.Z, or in gzip format in ucb/4bsd/db.tar.gz. If 12 1.3 cgd you'd like to receive announcements of future releases of this software, 13 1.3 cgd send email to the contact address below. 14 1.3 cgd 15 1.3 cgd Email questions may be addressed to Keith Bostic at bostic (a] cs.berkeley.edu. 16 1.3 cgd 17 1.3 cgd ============================================ 18 1.3 cgd Distribution contents: 19 1.3 cgd 20 1.3 cgd Makefile.inc Ignore this, it's the 4.4BSD subsystem Makefile. 21 1.3 cgd PORT The per OS/architecture directories to use to build 22 1.3 cgd libdb.a, if you're not running 4.4BSD. See the file 23 1.3 cgd PORT/README for more information. 24 1.3 cgd README This file. 25 1.3 cgd btree The B+tree routines. 26 1.3 cgd changelog List of changes, per version. 27 1.3 cgd db The dbopen(3) interface routine. 28 1.3 cgd docs Various USENIX papers, and the formatted manual pages. 29 1.3 cgd hash The extended linear hashing routines. 30 1.3 cgd man The unformatted manual pages. 31 1.3 cgd mpool The memory pool routines. 32 1.3 cgd recno The fixed/variable length record routines. 33 1.3 cgd test Test package. 34 1.3 cgd 35 1.3 cgd ============================================ 36 1.3 cgd Debugging: 37 1.3 cgd 38 1.3 cgd If you're running a memory checker (e.g. Purify) on DB, make sure that 39 1.3 cgd you recompile it with "-DPURIFY" in the CFLAGS, first. By default, 40 1.3 cgd allocated pages are not initialized by the DB code, and they will show 41 1.3 cgd up as reads of uninitialized memory in the buffer write routines. 42