TDB(3)							     Linux Programmer's Manual							    TDB(3)

NAME

       tdb - trivial database

SYNOPSIS

       A database similar to gdbm which allows multiple simultaneous writers.

DESCRIPTION

       This is a simple database API. It was inspired by the realisation that in Samba we have several ad-hoc bits of code that essentially imple-
       ment small databases for sharing structures between parts of Samba. As I was about to add another I realised that a generic database module
       was called for to replace all the ad-hoc bits.

       I based the interface on gdbm. I couldn't use gdbm as we need to be able to have multiple writers to the databases at one time.

AUTHORS

       Software: Andrew Tridgell <tridge@linuxcare.com> and Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Man page: Ben Woodard <ben@valinux.com>

SEE ALSO

       gdbm(3),  tdb_open(3),  tdb_close(3),  tdb_delete(3),  tdb_error(3),  tdb_exists(3),  tdb_fetch(3), tdb_firstkey(3), tdb_store(3), tdb_tra-
       verse(3), tdb_lockall(3), tdb_lockkeys(3), tdb_chainlock(3)

Samba								   Aug 16, 2000 							    TDB(3)