Technical Reference: Communications, Volume 1

dbminit Subroutine

Opens a database for access.

DBM Library (libdbm.a)

#include <dbm.h>

dbminit ( file) char *file;

The dbminit subroutine opens a database for access. At the time of the call, the file.dir and file.pag files must exist.

Note

To build an empty database, create zero-length .dir and .pag files.

file	Specifies the path name of the database to open.

Upon successful completion, this subroutine returns a value of 0. If unsuccessful, the subroutine returns a negative value.

The dbm_open subroutine.

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