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#include <fcntl.h>
#include <ndbm.h>
datum is declared in <ndbm.h>:
typedef struct { void *dptr; int dsize; } datum;
The dbm_open(base, flags, mode) function opens or creates a database. The base argument is the basename of the file containing the database; the actual database has a .db suffix. I.e., if base is "/home/me/mystuff" then the actual database is in the file /home/me/mystuff.db. The flags and mode arguments are passed to open(2). ( O_RDWR | O_CREAT) is a typical value for flags; 0660 is a typical value for mode. O_WRONLY is not allowed in flags. The pointer returned by dbm_open() identifies the database and is the db argument to the other functions. The dbm_open() function returns NULL and sets errno if there were any errors.
The dbm_close(db) function closes the database.
The dbm_store(db, key, data, flags) function inserts or replaces an entry in the database. The flags argument is either DBM_INSERT or DBM_REPLACE. If flags is DBM_INSERT and the database already contains an entry for key, that entry is not replaced. Otherwise the entry is replaced or inserted. The dbm_store() function normally returns zero but returns 1 if the entry could not be inserted (because flags is DBM_INSERT, and an entry with key already exists) or returns -1 and sets errno if there were any errors.
The dbm_fetch(db, key) function returns NULL or the data corresponding to key.
The dbm_delete(db, key) function deletes the entry for key. The dbm_delete() function normally returns zero or returns -1 and sets errno if there were any errors.
The dbm_firstkey(db) function returns the first key in the database. The dbm_nextkey(db) function returns subsequent keys. The db_firstkey() function must be called before dbm_nextkey(). The order in which keys are returned is unspecified and may appear random. The dbm_nextkey() function returns NULL after all keys have been returned.
The dbm_error(db) function returns the errno value of the most recent error. The dbm_clearerr(db) function resets this value to 0 and returns 0.
The dbm_dirfno(db) function returns the file descriptor to the database.
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