We have a software package that is creating GDBM files. I need to take a look at what's being created so I can parse the data out to users. Unfortunately, I've never worked with these before and my script keeps bombing. I'm reading through the Perl Cookbook and Programming Perl to no avail. Here's my script: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use DB_File;

my (%HASH, $key, $val);
my $filename = "trans.gdbm";

tie (%HASH, "DB_File", $filename) or die "Can't open $filename: $!\n";

while (($key, $val) = each %HASH) {
    print "$key::$val\n";
}

untie %HASH;

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I keep getting the error message: Can't open trans.gdbm: File exists. Well, duh! I know the file exists. That's why I'm trying to read the darned thing! How the heck do I open these and read them? I took this code from the Cookbook, but obviously I've missed something.

Thanks in advance!

Cheers,
Ovid

Great. Just great. Now everyone's going to know this level 7 Monk is a fake :)

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