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[src/trunk]: src/lib/libc/db/man .Fn, offset indent, complete reference.
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/c19e520515d3
branches: trunk
changeset: 759770:c19e520515d3
user: jruoho <jruoho%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Thu Dec 16 12:08:16 2010 +0000
description:
.Fn, offset indent, complete reference.
diffstat:
lib/libc/db/man/dbopen.3 | 34 +++++++++++++++++++---------------
1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diffs (99 lines):
diff -r ab9ffe3600ef -r c19e520515d3 lib/libc/db/man/dbopen.3
--- a/lib/libc/db/man/dbopen.3 Thu Dec 16 11:57:20 2010 +0000
+++ b/lib/libc/db/man/dbopen.3 Thu Dec 16 12:08:16 2010 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: dbopen.3,v 1.18 2010/03/22 19:30:53 joerg Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: dbopen.3,v 1.19 2010/12/16 12:08:16 jruoho Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)dbopen.3 8.5 (Berkeley) 1/2/94
.\"
-.Dd April 17, 2003
+.Dd December 16, 2010
.Dt DBOPEN 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -60,8 +60,9 @@
and
.Xr recno 3 .
.Pp
-.Nm
-opens
+The
+.Fn dbopen
+function opens
.Fa file
for reading and/or writing.
Files never intended to be preserved on disk may be created by setting
@@ -134,15 +135,16 @@
.Dv NULL ,
each access method will use defaults appropriate for the system and
the access method.
-.Pp
-.Nm
-returns a pointer to a DB structure on success and
+.Ss The DB Structure
+The
+.Fn dbopen
+function returns a pointer to a DB structure on success and
.Dv NULL
on error.
The DB structure is defined in the
.In db.h
include file, and contains at least the following fields:
-.Bd -literal
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
typedef struct {
DBTYPE type;
int (*close)(const DB *db);
@@ -162,7 +164,7 @@
.Nm ,
and sometimes one or more pointers to key/data structures and a flag
value.
-.Bl -tag -width closex
+.Bl -tag -width closex -offset indent
.It Fa type
The type of the underlying access method (and file format).
.It Fa close
@@ -420,10 +422,10 @@
.Va errno )
and 0 on success.
.El
-.Ss KEY/DATA PAIRS
+.Ss Key/data Pairs
Access to all file types is based on key/data pairs.
Both keys and data are represented by the following data structure:
-.Bd -literal
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
typedef struct {
void *data;
size_t size;
@@ -431,7 +433,7 @@
.Ed
.Pp
The elements of the DBT structure are defined as follows:
-.Bl -tag -width datax
+.Bl -tag -width datax -offset indent
.It Fa data
A pointer to a byte string.
.It Fa size
@@ -515,11 +517,13 @@
.Xr recno 3
.Pp
.Rs
-.%T "LIBTP: Portable, Modular Transactions for UNIX"
+.%T LIBTP: Portable, Modular Transactions for UNIX
.%A Margo Seltzer
.%A Michael Olson
-.%J USENIX proceedings
-.%D Winter 1992
+.%I USENIX Association
+.%B Proceedings of the 1992 Winter USENIX Technical Conference
+.%D 1992
+.%P 9-25
.Re
.Sh BUGS
The typedef DBT is a mnemonic for
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