# _dbm - pydoc - phpman

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## NAME
    _dbm

## MODULE REFERENCE
    <https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/_dbm.html>

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## CLASSES
    builtins.OSError(builtins.Exception)
        error

### class error
     |  Method resolution order:
     |      error
     |      builtins.OSError
     |      builtins.Exception
     |      builtins.BaseException
     |      builtins.object
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     |  Data descriptors defined here:
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     |  __weakref__
     |      list of weak references to the object (if defined)
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     |  Methods inherited from builtins.OSError:
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     |  __init__(self, /, *args, **kwargs)
     |      Initialize self.  See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.
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     |  __reduce__(...)
     |      Helper for pickle.
     |
     |  __str__(self, /)
     |      Return str(self).
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     |  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     |  Static methods inherited from builtins.OSError:
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     |  __new__(*args, **kwargs) from builtins.type
     |      Create and return a new object.  See help(type) for accurate signature.
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     |  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     |  Data descriptors inherited from builtins.OSError:
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     |  characters_written
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     |  errno
     |      POSIX exception code
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     |  filename
     |      exception filename
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     |  filename2
     |      second exception filename
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     |  strerror
     |      exception strerror
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     |  Methods inherited from builtins.BaseException:
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     |  __delattr__(self, name, /)
     |      Implement delattr(self, name).
     |
     |  __getattribute__(self, name, /)
     |      Return getattr(self, name).
     |
     |  __repr__(self, /)
     |      Return repr(self).
     |
     |  __setattr__(self, name, value, /)
     |      Implement setattr(self, name, value).
     |
     |  __setstate__(...)
     |
     |  with_traceback(...)
     |      Exception.with_traceback(tb) --
     |      set self.__traceback__ to tb and return self.
     |
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     |  Data descriptors inherited from builtins.BaseException:
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     |  __cause__
     |      exception cause
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     |  __context__
     |      exception context
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     |  __dict__
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     |  __suppress_context__
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     |  __traceback__
     |
     |  args

## FUNCTIONS
### open
        Return a database object.

        filename
          The filename to open.
        flags
          How to open the file.  "r" for reading, "w" for writing, etc.
        mode
          If creating a new file, the mode bits for the new file
          (e.g. os.O_RDWR).

## DATA
    library = 'Berkeley DB'

## FILE
    /usr/lib/python3.10/lib-dynload/_dbm.cpython-310-x86_64-linux-gnu.so