debian man page for cdb_init

cdb_init(3)						     Library Functions Manual						       cdb_init(3)

NAME
       cdb_init - open a constant database

SYNTAX
       #include <cdb.h>

       int cdb_init(struct cdb *c,int fd);

DESCRIPTION
       cdb_init places information about fd into a struct cdb variable c.  fd has to be a seekable file previously opened for reading.

       On systems that support mmap, cdb_init will try to map the whole constant database into memory.

       The inverse operation to cdb_init is cdb_free.

SEE ALSO
       cdb_free(3), cdb_read(3), cdb_find(3), cdbmake(1)

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