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class method

GDBM.open

GDBM.open(filename, mode = 0666, flags = nil)

GDBM.open(filename, mode = 0666, flags = nil) { |gdbm| ... }

static VALUE
fgdbm_s_open(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
{
    VALUE obj = fgdbm_s_alloc(klass);

    if (NIL_P(fgdbm_initialize(argc, argv, obj))) {
        return Qnil;
    }

    if (rb_block_given_p()) {
        return rb_ensure(rb_yield, obj, fgdbm_close, obj);
    }

    return obj;
}

If called without a block, this is synonymous to GDBM::new. If a block is given, the new GDBM instance will be passed to the block as a parameter, and the corresponding database file will be closed after the execution of the block code has been finished.

Example for an open call with a block:

Example

require 'gdbm'
GDBM.open("fruitstore.db") do |gdbm|
  gdbm.each_pair do |key, value|
    print "#{key}: #{value}\n"
  end
end