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.\" @(#)recno.3 8.5 (Berkeley) 8/18/94
.\"
-.TH RECNO 3 1994-08-18 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH RECNO 3 2012-04-23 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.UC 7
.SH NAME
recno \- record number database access method
.ft R
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
+.IR "Note well" :
+This page documents interfaces provided in glibc up until version 2.1.
+Since version 2.2, glibc no longer provides these interfaces.
+Probably, you are looking for the APIs provided by the
+.I libdb
+library instead.
+
The routine
.BR dbopen (3)
is the library interface to database files.
The elements of this structure are defined as follows:
.TP
flags
-The flag value is specified by
-.IR or 'ing
+The flag value is specified by ORing
any of the following values:
.RS
.TP