index files.
Making use of this library, you can build a data base  that is composed
of many pairs  of key and datum association.
Following functions are defined in clib/ndbm.c.
On Sun, it should be compiled by <TT>cc -c -Dsun4 -Bstatic</TT>,
and loaded into EusLisp by <TT>(load "clib/ndbm" :ld-option "-lc")</TT>.

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<B>dbm-open</B> <EM>dbname mode flag </EM>[function]

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<B>Dbm-open</B> must be called first to create a data base file,
and to begin r