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 1:mod:`whichdb` --- Guess which DBM module created a database
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 4.. module:: whichdb
 5   :synopsis: Guess which DBM-style module created a given database.
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 7.. note::
 8   The :mod:`whichdb` module's only function has been put into the :mod:`dbm`
 9   module in Python 3.0.  The :term:`2to3` tool will automatically adapt imports
10   when converting your sources to 3.0.
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13The single function in this module attempts to guess which of the several simple
14database modules available--\ :mod:`dbm`, :mod:`gdbm`, or :mod:`dbhash`\
15--should be used to open a given file.
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18.. function:: whichdb(filename)
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20   Returns one of the following values: ``None`` if the file can't be opened
21   because it's unreadable or doesn't exist; the empty string (``''``) if the
22   file's format can't be guessed; or a string containing the required module name,
23   such as ``'dbm'`` or ``'gdbm'``.
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