in reply to Re^4: Tie Failed for berkeley DB file
in thread Tie Failed for berkeley DB file

That sounds decidedly odd. My guess is that the DBM file is somehow corrupt and DB_File doesn’t even manage to coherently complain. I can only defer to what PodMaster said then: get the BerkleyDB utilities and check the DBM file’s integrity.

Makeshifts last the longest.

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