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CDBR(3)                  BSD Library Functions Manual                  CDBR(3)

NAME
     cdbr cdbr_open, cdbr_entries, cdbr_get, cdbr_find, cdbr_close, cdbr_write
     -- constant database access methods

SYNOPSIS
     struct cdbr *
     cdbr_open(const char *path, int flags);

     uint32_t
     cdbr_entries(struct cdbr *cdbr);

     int
     cdbr_get(struct cdbr *cdbr, uint32_t index, const void **data,
         size_t *datalen);

     int
     cdbr_find(struct cdbr *cdbr, const void *key, size_t keylen,
         const void **data, size_t *datalen);

     void
     cdbr_close(struct cdbr *cdbr);

DESCRIPTION
     The cdbr library provides a space efficient (key,value) database based on
     perfect hashing.

     A cdb database is opened for reading by calling cdbr_open().  The only
     supported value for flags is CDBR_DEFAULT.  The function returns a handle
     to pass to the other functions.  The database is closed by invoking
     cdbr_close().  All resources associated with the handle are freed and the
     memory returned by cdbr_get() and cdbr_find() is invalidated.

     The number of records in the database can be obtained by calling
     cdbr_entries().  Records can be obtained by record number using
     cdbr_get() or by key using cdbr_find().  Both functions return 0 on
     success and update data and datalen accordingly.  The location *data
     remains valid until cdbr_close() is called.  It is the responsibility of
     the caller of cdbr_find() to ensure that the key matches the returned
     data.  The function returns the only possible match, but the database
     doesn't store the keys to minimize overhead.

SEE ALSO
     nbperf(1), cdbw(3), db(3), cdb(5)

HISTORY
     Support for the cdb format first appeared in NetBSD 6.0.

AUTHORS
     The cdbr and cdbw functions have been written by Joerg Sonnenberger
     <joerg@NetBSD.org>.

BSD                              March 3, 2010                             BSD
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