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Technical Reference: Communications, Volume 1


nextkey Subroutine

Purpose

Returns the next key in a database.

Library

DBM Library (libdbm.a)

Syntax

#include <dbm.h>


datum nextkey ( key)
datum key;

Description

The nextkey subroutine returns the next key in a database.

Parameters


key Specifies the input key. This value has no effect on the return value, but must be present.

Return Values

Returns a datum structure containing the next key-value pair.

Implementation Specifics

This subroutine is part of Base Operating System (BOS) Runtime.

Related Information

The dbm_nextkey subroutine.

List of NDBM and DBM Programming References and NDBM Overview in AIX 5L Version 5.1 Communications Programming Concepts.


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