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author | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-04-18 02:31:37 +0000 |
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committer | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-04-18 02:31:37 +0000 |
commit | b6a043747e2041e97decf4b4c5a3b51c3b40b722 (patch) | |
tree | c6c14265f086944a40c745c9b3abc688654ad4a4 /lib/libc/db/man/dbm.3 | |
parent | c54562ea65bf14ce1a19255902b9ff66e13c853a (diff) |
Repairs.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/db/man/dbm.3')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/db/man/dbm.3 | 35 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/db/man/dbm.3 b/lib/libc/db/man/dbm.3 index 17d1c4628ad..3246d58b1bd 100644 --- a/lib/libc/db/man/dbm.3 +++ b/lib/libc/db/man/dbm.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: dbm.3,v 1.5 1999/07/07 10:50:04 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: dbm.3,v 1.6 2000/04/18 02:31:35 aaron Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1999 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com> .\" All rights reserved. @@ -29,14 +29,13 @@ .Dt DBM 3 .Os .Sh NAME -.Nm dbm , .Nm dbminit , +.Nm dbmclose , .Nm fetch , .Nm store , .Nm delete , .Nm firstkey , -.Nm nextkey , -.Nm dbmclose +.Nm nextkey .Nd database subroutines .Sh SYNOPSIS .Fd #include <dbm.h> @@ -72,29 +71,34 @@ typedef struct { .Pp The .Fn dbminit -function is used to open a database. Before the call to +function is used to open a database. +Before the call to .Fn dbminit , the files -.Fa file.pag +.Pa file.pag and -.Fa file.dir -must exist. The user is responsible for creating the zero-length -\&.pag and .dir files. +.Pa file.dir +must exist. +The user is responsible for creating the zero-length +.Pa \&.pag +and +.Pa \&.dir +files. .Pp Once the database is open, .Fn fetch -is used to retrieve the data content associated with the key +is used to retrieve the data content associated with the specified .Fa key . Similarly, .Fn store is used to store the .Fa content -data with the key +data with the specified .Fa key . .Pp The .Fn delete -function removes the key +function removes the specified .Fa key and its associated content from the database. .Pp @@ -151,7 +155,8 @@ Because the routines are implemented on top of the .Xr db 3 , only a single file, -.Ar file.pag , -is used to actually store the database. The references to -.Ar file.dir +.Pa file.pag , +is used to actually store the database. +The references to +.Pa file.dir are purely for backwards compatibility with historic implementations. |