Difference between revisions of "Dbiflsh()"

Revision as of 10:33, 2 April 2009

PURPOSE

flush I/O buffer cache for index file

SYNOPSIS

#include "dbl.h"
 
	int	dbiflsh(ndx)
 
	<input parameter>
	char	*ndx;		/* .NDX file descriptor	*/
 
	<output parameters>
	none

RETURN VALUE

The dbiflsh() function return 0 for success, or < 0 if an error occurs. See the section on return code values for a detailed list of return codes.

DESCRIPTION

This function forces the I/O buffer cache of the specified .NDX file to be written to the disk.

EXAMPLE

The following example flushes the .NDX file whose file descriptor is in "char *ndx".

#include "dbl.h"
	char	*ndx;		/* .NDX file descriptor	*/
	int	rc;		/* Return code			*/
 
	rc = dbiflsh(ndx);
	if (rc = = SUCCESS) printf("index buffer flushed n");
	else {
		printf("error number %d n", rc);
		exit (1);
	}

SEE ALSO

dbakey(), dbflush(), dbiopen(), dbputrk()