Why a flat file?

Laurent Joncheray <lpj at merit.edu> writes
 * 	Question for the RIPE programmers:
 * Why do you use 2 files (a dbm file for the refenreces, and a flat file
 * for the data), instead of just one dbm file with all the data?

It is easier to handle, much easier to make ftp-able versions, and a
lot smaller. Besides you can grep through a flat file, not through a
dbm file. The dbm file only contains offsets in the flat file.
Generally easier without losing much speed in lookups.

-Marten



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