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:mod:`whichdb` --- Guess which DBM module created a database
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.. module:: whichdb
:synopsis: Guess which DBM-style module created a given database.
The single function in this module attempts to guess which of the several simple
database modules available--\ :mod:`dbm`, :mod:`gdbm`, or :mod:`dbhash`\
--should be used to open a given file.
.. function:: whichdb(filename)
Returns one of the following values: ``None`` if the file can't be opened
because it's unreadable or doesn't exist; the empty string (``''``) if the
file's format can't be guessed; or a string containing the required module name,
such as ``'dbm'`` or ``'gdbm'``.