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dbhash – DBM-style API for the BSD database library¶

Purpose:	Provides a dictionary-like API for accessing BSD `db` files.
Available In:	1.4 and later

The dbhash module is the primary backend for anydbm. It uses the bsddb library to manage database files. The semantics are the same as anydbm, so refer to the examples on that page for details.