File: gdbm.info,  Node: startup files,  Prev: definitions,  Up: shell

24.2.4 Startup Files
--------------------

Upon startup 'gdbmtool' looks for a file named '.gdbmtoolrc' first in
the current working directory and, if not found, in the home directory
of the user who started the command.

   If found, this file is read and interpreted as a list of 'gdbmtool'
commands.  This allows you to customize the program behavior.

   Following is an example startup file which disables the welcome
banner, sets command line prompt to contain the name of the database
file in parentheses and defines the structure of the database content
records:

     set quiet
     set ps1="(%f) "
     define key stringz
     define content {
             int time,
             pad 4,
             int status
     }