From 7a4409c1b2e16fa2a4a6dbc93d67746dbbab4b5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Moshe Zadka Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 05:31:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added support to recognize Python's internal "dumbdbm" database. This closes bug 200 on Jitterbug. --- Lib/whichdb.py | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/Lib/whichdb.py b/Lib/whichdb.py index 4dd4e3a373..5806118fc9 100644 --- a/Lib/whichdb.py +++ b/Lib/whichdb.py @@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ def whichdb(filename): except IOError: pass + # Check for dumbdbm next -- this has a .dir and and a .dat file + f = open(filename + ".dat", "rb") + f.close() + f = open(filename + ".dir", "rb") + try: + if f.read(1) in ["'", '"']: + return "dumbdbm" + finally: + f.close() + except IOError: + pass + # See if the file exists, return None if not try: f = open(filename, "rb") -- 2.49.0