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'\" et
.TH ndbm.h "0P" 2017 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual"
.\"
.SH PROLOG
This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.
The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult
the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior),
or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
.\"
.SH NAME
ndbm.h
\(em definitions for ndbm database operations
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
#include <ndbm.h>
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.IR <ndbm.h>
header shall define the
.BR datum
type as a structure, which shall include at least the following members:
.sp
.RS 4
.nf
void *dptr \fRA pointer to the application's data.\fR
size_t dsize \fRThe size of the object pointed to by \fIdptr.\fR
.fi
.P
.RE
.P
The
.IR <ndbm.h>
header shall define the
.BR size_t
type as described in
.IR <stddef.h> .
.P
The
.IR <ndbm.h>
header shall define the
.BR DBM
type.
.P
The
.IR <ndbm.h>
header shall define the following symbolic constants as possible
values for the
.IR store_mode
argument to
\fIdbm_store\fR():
.IP DBM_INSERT 14
Insertion of new entries only.
.IP DBM_REPLACE 14
Allow replacing existing entries.
.P
The following shall be declared as functions and may also be defined as
macros. Function prototypes shall be provided.
.sp
.RS 4
.nf
int dbm_clearerr(DBM *);
void dbm_close(DBM *);
int dbm_delete(DBM *, datum);
int dbm_error(DBM *);
datum dbm_fetch(DBM *, datum);
datum dbm_firstkey(DBM *);
datum dbm_nextkey(DBM *);
DBM *dbm_open(const char *, int, mode_t);
int dbm_store(DBM *, datum, datum, int);
.fi
.P
.RE
.P
The
.IR <ndbm.h>
header shall define the
.BR mode_t
type through
.BR typedef ,
as described in
.IR <sys/types.h> .
.LP
.IR "The following sections are informative."
.SH "APPLICATION USAGE"
None.
.SH RATIONALE
None.
.SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS"
None.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR "\fB<stddef.h>\fP",
.IR "\fB<sys_types.h>\fP"
.P
The System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017,
.IR "\fIdbm_clearerr\fR\^(\|)"
.\"
.SH COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition,
Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.
In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
.PP
Any typographical or formatting errors that appear
in this page are most likely
to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to
man page format. To report such errors, see
https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .
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