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31.Dd November 3, 2010
32.Dt CDBW 3
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm cdbw_open ,
36.Nm cdbw_put ,
37.Nm cdbw_put_data ,
38.Nm cdbw_put_key ,
39.Nm cdbw_close
40.Nd create constant databases
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.In archive_entry.h
43.Ft "struct cdbw *"
44.Fn cdbw_open "void"
45.Ft int
46.Fo cdbw_put
47.Fa "struct cdbw *cdbw"
48.Fa "const void *key"
49.Fa "size_t keylen"
50.Fa "const void *data"
51.Fa "size_t datalen"
52.Fc
53.Ft int
54.Fo cdbw_put_data
55.Fa "struct cdbw *cdbw"
56.Fa "const void *data"
57.Fa "size_t datalen"
58.Fa "uint32_t *index"
59.Fc
60.Ft int
61.Fo cdbw_put_key
62.Fa "struct cdbw *cdbw"
63.Fa "const void *key"
64.Fa "size_t keylen"
65.Fa "uint32_t index"
66.Fc
67.Ft int
68.Fo cdbw_output
69.Fa "struct cdbw *cdbw"
70.Fa "int output"
71.Fa "const char descr[16]"
72.Fa "uint32_t (*seedgen)(void)"
73.Fc
74.Ft void
75.Fn cdbw_close "struct cdbw *cdbw"
76.Sh DESCRIPTION
77The
78.Nm cdbw
79functions are used to create a constant databases for use with
80.Xr cdbr 3 .
81Details about the file format, including overhead and limitations,
82can be found in
83.Xr cdb 5 .
84.Pp
85.Fn cdbw_open
86prepares a new
87.Nm cdb
88writer.
89The function returns a handle to pass to the other functions.
90.Pp
91.Fn cdbw_close
92frees all resources associated with the handle.
93.Pp
94.Fn cdbw_put
95adds the given (key,value) pair after checking for a duplicate key.
96.Fn cdbw_put_data
97adds the given value to the writer without adding a key reference.
98The returned index can be used in subsequent calls to
99.Fn cdbw_put_key
100to add one or more keys pointing to this value.
101.Fn cdbw_put_key
102checks for duplicate keys and valid index arguments.
103On success it adds the given key.
104.Pp
105.Fn cdbw_output
106computes the database file and writes it to the given descriptor.
107The function returns an error if the file cannot be written correctly.
108The
109.Fn descr
110parameter provides a human readable description of the database content.
111The
112.Fn seedgen
113parameter can be used to override the default PRNG.
114The function should return a different value for each invokation.
115The bitwise layout of the output depends on the chosen seed.
116.Sh SEE ALSO
117.Xr cdbr 3 ,
118.Xr cdb 5
119.Sh HISTORY
120Support for the
121.Nm cdb
122format first appeared in
123.Nx 6.0 .
124.Sh AUTHORS
125The
126.Nm cdbr
127and
128.Nm cdbw
129functions have been written by
130.An Joerg Sonnenberger Aq joerg@NetBSD.org .
131