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cdb_init(3)		    Library Functions Manual		     cdb_init(3)

NAME
     cdb_init - open a constant database

SYNTAX
     #include <libowfat/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)

								     cdb_init(3)

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