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NAME
cdb - read from a constant database
SYNTAX
#include <cdb.h>
int cdb_seek(fd,key,len,dlen);
int fd;
char *key;
unsigned int len;
uint32 *dlen;
DESCRIPTION
cdb_seek looks up key in a constant database. It returns 1 if key is present, 0 if key is not present,
or -1 if there was a read error. key is an array of len characters.
cdb_seek needs an open file descriptor, fd, pointing to the database. If cdb_seek returns 1, it points
fd at the beginning of the data portion of the first record indexed by key, and it stores the data length
in dlen. cdb_seek does not provide a way to read subsequent records with the same key.
It's fine to do several cdb_seek lookups with the same open file descriptor. Beware, however, that two
simultaneous cdb_seek lookups can fail horribly; separate processes should not share the same database
descriptor. Furthermore, any updates after the database was opened will be invisible. It's rarely a
good idea for a long-running program to hold a database open.
SEE ALSO
cdbget(1) cdb(3)