Python DBM Module for Windows?

Question

I would like to use the dbm module on my Windows machine, but it is currently only supported on Unix. http://docs.python.org/library/dbm.html

Does anyone know of a s

Answer 1

Based on the following test on a Windows 7 system using Python 2.7.2 it appears that dbhash is supported on Windows instalations.

import os

import anydbm

import whichdb

file = os.curdir + '/testdbm'   # define a test file name in the current directory

d = anydbm.open(file, 'c')      # create a new database using the test file name

db_type = whichdb.whichdb(file) # get the dbm database type

print(db_type)                  # display the result

'dbhash'