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\section{\module{whichdb} ---
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Guess which DBM module created a database}
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\declaremodule{standard}{whichdb}
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\modulesynopsis{Guess which DBM-style module created a given database.}
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The single function in this module attempts to guess which of the
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several simple database modules available--\refmodule{dbm},
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\refmodule{gdbm}, or \refmodule{dbhash}--should be used to open a
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given file.
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\begin{funcdesc}{whichdb}{filename}
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Returns one of the following values: \code{None} if the file can't be
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opened because it's unreadable or doesn't exist; the empty string
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(\code{''}) if the file's format can't be guessed; or a string
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containing the required module name, such as \code{'dbm'} or
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\code{'gdbm'}.
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\end{funcdesc}
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