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From: Clint Adams <clint@zsh.org>
To: zzapper <david@tvis.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Using a shell database
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> I have shell utility which stores information (between sessions) in a series of text files. I now
> want to do something more complicated, and realise I should be considering using a database.
> I then ran smack into a steep learning curve.
> Is there a shell accessible database? gdbm?

There have been vague plans for zsh database modules for a long time,
but they've been stalled by other issues.