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The new betas of Netscape store CA trust stuff in a NDBM
database.  Does anyone have good tools for looking at NDBM stuff?


Adam

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>>>>> "Adam" == Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org> writes:

    Adam> 	The new betas of Netscape store CA trust stuff in a
    Adam> NDBM database.  Does anyone have good tools for looking at
    Adam> NDBM stuff?

In Perl a NDBM database looks like an associative array.

Andreas



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Adam Shostack writes:
> 	The new betas of Netscape store CA trust stuff in a NDBM
> database.  Does anyone have good tools for looking at NDBM stuff?

Perl treats NDBM files as if they are internal arrays if you ask it to
-- I often examine strange NDBM files this way. Its pretty convenient
for the task.

Perry

> Adam Shostack <adam@lighthouse.homeport.org> writes:
> The new betas of Netscape store CA trust stuff in a NDBM
> database.  Does anyone have good tools for looking at NDBM stuff?

Perl's my favorite.  Here's a code fragment that might help.  All you
need to do is open the ndbm file (foo.pag/foo.dir in this case) and aim it
at an associative array, then have your way with it.

	Jim Gillogly
	Sterday, 22 Winterfilth S.R. 1995, 00:14
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#!/usr/bin/perl

dbmopen(%baz, "foo", 0600);

# At this point just access %count the way you would any other assoc array
# For example, to list it all:

while (($key, $value) = each %baz)
{
	printf "Key $key, value $value\n";
}

dbmclose(baz);

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