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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2007-12-29 06:47:34 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2007-12-29 06:47:34 +0000 |
| commit | 85467cb847572eae8922e9f52c0e635b04f43fc5 (patch) | |
| tree | f57ec49a6662de93a366e056fc363036e90072b4 /man3/dbopen.3 | |
| parent | daa84982ed61e9b4b96cef7c5d88bb8113938c0c (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-85467cb847572eae8922e9f52c0e635b04f43fc5.tar.gz | |
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diff --git a/man3/dbopen.3 b/man3/dbopen.3 index 90820342a4..9039561f54 100644 --- a/man3/dbopen.3 +++ b/man3/dbopen.3 @@ -163,10 +163,10 @@ These functions take a pointer to a structure as returned by .BR dbopen (), and sometimes one or more pointers to key/data structures and a flag value. .TP -type +.I type The type of the underlying access method (and file format). .TP -close +.I close A pointer to a routine to flush any cached information to disk, free any allocated resources, and close the underlying file(s). Since key/data pairs may be cached in memory, failing to sync the file @@ -175,12 +175,12 @@ with a or .I sync function may result in inconsistent or lost information. -.I Close +.I close routines return \-1 on error (setting .IR errno ) and 0 on success. .TP -del +.I del A pointer to a routine to remove key/data pairs from the database. .IP The parameter @@ -193,14 +193,14 @@ Delete the record referenced by the cursor. The cursor must have previously been initialized. .RE .IP -.I Delete +.I delete routines return \-1 on error (setting .IR errno ), 0 on success, and 1 if the specified .I key was not in the file. .TP -fd +.I fd A pointer to a routine which returns a file descriptor representative of the underlying database. A file descriptor referencing the same file will be returned to all @@ -217,26 +217,26 @@ locking functions. The file descriptor is not necessarily associated with any of the underlying files used by the access method. No file descriptor is available for in memory databases. -.I Fd +.I fd routines return \-1 on error (setting .IR errno ), and the file descriptor on success. .TP -get +.I get A pointer to a routine which is the interface for keyed retrieval from the database. The address and length of the data associated with the specified .I key are returned in the structure referenced by .IR data . -.I Get +.I get routines return \-1 on error (setting .IR errno ), 0 on success, and 1 if the .I key was not in the file. .TP -put +.I put A pointer to a routine to store key/data pairs in the database. .IP The parameter @@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ The default behavior of the routines is to enter the new key/data pair, replacing any previously existing key. .IP -.I Put +.I put routines return \-1 on error (setting .IR errno ), 0 on success, and 1 if the @@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ routines return \-1 on error (setting .I flag was set and the key already exists in the file. .TP -seq +.I seq A pointer to a routine which is the interface for sequential retrieval from the database. The address and length of the key are returned in the structure @@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ and access methods because they each imply that the keys have an inherent order which does not change. .IP -.I Seq +.I seq routines return \-1 on error (setting .IR errno ), 0 on success and 1 if there are no key/data pairs less than or greater @@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ available, the .I seq routines return 2. .TP -sync +.I sync A pointer to a routine to flush any cached information to disk. If the database is in memory only, the .I sync @@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ field of the manual page for more information.) .RE .IP -.I Sync +.I sync routines return \-1 on error (setting .IR errno ) and 0 on success. @@ -454,10 +454,10 @@ The elements of the .I DBT structure are defined as follows: .TP -data +.I data A pointer to a byte string. .TP -size +.I size The length of the byte string. .PP Key and data byte strings may reference strings of essentially unlimited |