DBM_Filter::null(Perl Programmers Reference GDBM_Filter::null(3p)NAMEDBM_Filter::null-- DBM Filter to force null termination
SYNOPSIS
use SDBM_File; # or DB_File, or GDBM_File, or NDBM_File, or ODBM_File
use DBM_Filter ;
$db = tie %hash, ...
$db->Filter_Push('null');
DESCRIPTION
This filter ensures that all data written to the DBM file is
null terminated. This is useful when you have a perl script
that needs to interoperate with a DBM file that a C program
also uses. A fairly common issue is for the C application to
include the terminating null in a string when it writes to
the DBM file. This filter will ensure that all data written
to the DBM file can be read by the C application.
SEE ALSO
DBM_Filter, perldbmfilter
AUTHOR
Paul Marquess pmqs@cpan.org
perl v5.8.8 2005-02-05 1
