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o:RDoc::Markup::Paragraph;	[I"JCreates a new GDBM instance by opening a gdbm file named _filename_. ;TI"JIf the file does not exist, a new file with file mode _mode_ will be ;TI"2created. _flags_ may be one of the following:;To:RDoc::Markup::List:
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;	[I"!*READER*  - open as a reader;To;;0;	[o;
;	[I"!*WRITER*  - open as a writer;To;;0;	[o;
;	[I"S*WRCREAT* - open as a writer; if the database does not exist, create a new one;To;;0;	[o;
;	[I"C*NEWDB*   - open as a writer; overwrite any existing databases;To:RDoc::Markup::BlankLineo;
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;	[I"M*SYNC*    - cause all database operations to be synchronized to the disk;To;;0;	[o;
;	[I".*NOLOCK*  - do not lock the database file;T@&o;
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I"PIf no _flags_ are specified, the GDBM object will try to open the database ;TI"Ffile as a writer and will create it if it does not already exist ;TI"R(cf. flag <tt>WRCREAT</tt>). If this fails (for instance, if another process ;TI"Khas already opened the database as a reader), it will try to open the ;TI":database file as a reader (cf. flag <tt>READER</tt>).;T:
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