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Converting `dbm' files to `gdbm' format.
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   The program `conv2gdbm' has been provided to help you convert from
`dbm' databases to `gdbm'. The usage is:

     conv2gdbm [-q] [-b block_size] dbm_file [gdbm_file]

   The options are:

-q
     Causes `conv2gdbm' to work quietly.

block_size
     Is the same as in `gdbm_open'.

dbm_file
     Is the name of the `dbm' file without the `.pag' or `.dir'
     extensions.

gdbm_file
     Is the complete file name. If not included, the `gdbm' file name
     is the same as the `dbm' file name without any extensions. That is
     `conv2gdbm' `dbmfile' converts the files `dbmfile.pag' and
     `dbmfile.dir' into a `gdbm' file called `dbmfile'.