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| 56 | 7.12 <tt class="module">whichdb</tt> -- |
| 57 | Guess which DBM module created a database</A> |
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| 64 | The single function in this module attempts to guess which of the |
| 65 | several simple database modules available-<tt class="module"><a href="module-dbm.html">dbm</a></tt>, |
| 66 | <tt class="module"><a href="module-gdbm.html">gdbm</a></tt>, or <tt class="module"><a href="module-dbhash.html">dbhash</a></tt>-should be used to open a |
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| 71 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-2795' xml:id='l2h-2795' class="function">whichdb</tt></b>(</nobr></td> |
| 72 | <td><var>filename</var>)</td></tr></table></dt> |
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| 74 | Returns one of the following values: <code>None</code> if the file can't be |
| 75 | opened because it's unreadable or doesn't exist; the empty string |
| 76 | (<code>''</code>) if the file's format can't be guessed; or a string |
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