"""Guess which db package to use to open a db file."""
# just some sort of valid exception which might be raised in the
"""Guess which db package to use to open a db file.
- None if the database file can't be read;
- empty string if the file can be read but can't be recognized
- the module name (e.g. "dbm" or "gdbm") if recognized.
Importing the given module may still fail, and opening the
database using that module may still fail.
# Check for dbm first -- this has a .pag and a .dir file
f = open(filename + os.extsep + "pag", "rb")
# dbm linked with gdbm on OS/2 doesn't have .dir file
if not (dbm.library == "GNU gdbm" and sys.platform == "os2emx"):
f = open(filename + os.extsep + "dir", "rb")
# some dbm emulations based on Berkeley DB generate a .db file
# some do not, but they should be caught by the dbhash checks
f = open(filename + os.extsep + "db", "rb")
# guarantee we can actually open the file using dbm
# kind of overkill, but since we are dealing with emulations
# it seems like a prudent step
except (IOError, _dbmerror):
# Check for dumbdbm next -- this has a .dir and a .dat file
# First check for presence of files
os.stat(filename + os.extsep + "dat")
size = os.stat(filename + os.extsep + "dir").st_size
# dumbdbm files with no keys are empty
f = open(filename + os.extsep + "dir", "rb")
if f.read(1) in ("'", '"'):
except (OSError, IOError):
# See if the file exists, return None if not
# Read the start of the file -- the magic number
# Return "" if not at least 4 bytes
# Convert to 4-byte int in native byte order -- return "" if impossible
(magic,) = struct.unpack("=l", s)
if magic in (0x13579ace, 0x13579acd, 0x13579acf):
# Check for old Berkeley db hash file format v2
if magic in (0x00061561, 0x61150600):
# Later versions of Berkeley db hash file have a 12-byte pad in
(magic,) = struct.unpack("=l", s16[-4:])
if magic in (0x00061561, 0x61150600):
if __name__ == "__main__":
for filename in sys.argv[1:]:
print whichdb(filename) or "UNKNOWN", filename