[EMAIL PROTECTED] i'rta: > >> i only write ten records like this: > > >> name sex age > > >> jim male 22 > >> tom male 23 > >> lucy female 21 > ... > > >> but i find the size of this file .oh my god , it is about 24k > > >> the file is too large ! is it normal ? > > Yes. It's the nature of packages like Berkeley DB, gdbm and dbm (the > packages mediate access to the database file under the covers) that they > trade space for time. Sometimes you add records but the size of the database does not change... :-) > The files they create are not simple text files. > They are organized to permit quick access to records by key and to permit > average time fast insertion. > > Skip >
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