cdb_init - open a constant database

NAME  SYNTAX  DESCRIPTION  SEE ALSO 

NAME

cdb_init − open a constant database

SYNTAX

#include <libowfat/cdb.h>

int cdb_init(struct cdb *c, int fd);

DESCRIPTION

cdb_init places information about fd into a struct cdb variable c. fd has to be a seekable file previously opened for reading.

On systems that support mmap, cdb_init will try to map the whole constant database into memory.

The inverse operation to cdb_init is cdb_free.

SEE ALSO

cdb_free(3), cdb_read(3), cdb_find(3), cdbmake(1)


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