/strong></span> file, for example, if the system crashes
                 at the right instant.  If a file is used to hold the database, that
                 is, a filename was specified as the <span class="bold"><strong>file</strong></span> argument to <span class="bold"><strong>berkdb
                 open</strong></span>, normal database recovery on that file can be used to
                 prevent information loss, although it is still possible that the
                 contents of <span class="bold"><