================================================================
 QDBM: Quick Database Manager
 Copyright (C) 2000-2007 Mikio Hirabayashi
================================================================


Please read the following documents with a WWW browser.
How to install QDBM is explained in the specification.

  README         - this file
  COPYING        - license
  ChangeLog      - history of enhancement
  NEWS           - news for users
  THANKS         - list of contributors
  spex.html      - specification
  spex-ja.html   - specification in Japanese


Contents of the directory tree is below.

  ./             - sources of QDBM
  ./plus/        - API for C++ (read `./plus/xspex.html')
  ./java/        - API for Java (read `./java/jspex.html')
  ./perl/        - API for Perl (read `./perl/plspex.html')
  ./ruby/        - API for Ruby (read `./ruby/rbspex.html')
  ./cgi/         - CGI scripts (read `./cgi/cgispex.html')
  ./man1/        - manual pages for commands
  ./man3/        - manual pages for C API
  ./lab/         - for test and experiment
  ./bros/        - for comparison with other database managers
  ./misc/        - miscellaneous files


QDBM is released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License.  See the file `COPYING' for details.

QDBM was written by Mikio Hirabayashi.  You can contact the author
by e-mail to `mikio@users.sourceforge.net'.  However, as for
topics which can be shared among other users, pleae send it to
the mailing list. To join the mailing list, refer to the following
URL.

  http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qdbm-users


Thanks.



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