On Thu, 2011-10-06 at 13:23 +1300, Amos Jeffries wrote: > > Oh, I forgot to say: the DB_ENV functionality requires a *directory* > > rather than a file to be specified for the database (it creates > > several > > files). So, although I don't see a problem with this in principle, it > > does break backwards compatibility. Any thoughts? Just bite the > > bullet? > > > > Andy > > Um. Maybe check for dir/file type on the -b value and use it as base > path? >
Or even better check for dir/file type and then either use legacy mode (just a database file, but with the modern DB API) or DB_ENV mode (a directory with several files). Or is that what you meant anyway? Andy
