Is there a database built into the base system

Steve O'Hara-Smith steve at sohara.org
Thu Apr 6 20:05:44 UTC 2017


On Thu, 06 Apr 2017 16:00:25 -0400
Ernie Luzar <luzar722 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Chuck Swiger wrote:
> > On Apr 6, 2017, at 12:27 PM, Ernie Luzar <luzar722 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Looking for a simple database thats comes with the base system, is
> >> there one?
> > 
> > There's likely an old flavor of BerkeleyDB around if you just need a
> > key-value store.
> > 
> > If you're looking for a SQL database, start with SQLite (cf
> > databases/sqlite3 port), and then look towards MySQL or Postgres.
> > 
> > Regards,
> 
> BerkeleyDB sounds like something to look at. Did a "locate Berkeley" cmd 
> and nothing popped out. Is it called something else?

	man db

	Will get you all the details.

> Writing csh scripts manipulating text files containing lists of IP 
> address. Don't want any port as a required dependent. I though I 

	Hmm Berkeley DB is a C API so perhaps not so convenient in csh,
what do you want a database to do for you ?

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Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve at sohara.org>


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