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<h2 class="module">Module twisted.persisted.dirdbm</h2>

<p>DBM-style interface to a directory.</p>
<p>Each key is stored as a single file. This is not expected to be very 
fast or efficient, but it's good for easy debugging.</p>
<p>DirDBMs are *not* thread-safe, they should only be accessed by one 
thread at a time.</p>
<p>No files should be placed in the working directory of a DirDBM save 
those created by the DirDBM itself!</p>
<p>API Stability: stable</p>
Maintainer: <a href="mailto:twisted&#64;itamarst.org">Itamar 
Shtull-Trauring</a>
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  <b><a href="twisted.persisted.dirdbm.DirDBM.html"><code>DirDBM</code></a></b></td>
  <td>A directory with a DBM interface.</td></tr>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">open</span>(<span class=sig-arg>file</span>,
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          <span class=sig-arg>mode</span>=<span class=sig-default>None</span>)</span>
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  This is for 'anydbm' compatibility.
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      <dd><code><b>file</b></code> -
         The parameter to pass to the DirDBM constructor.
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