NAME¶
tdb - trivial database
SYNOPSIS¶
A database similar to gdbm which allows multiple simultaneous writers.
DESCRIPTION¶
This is a simple database API. It was inspired by the realisation that in Samba
we have several ad-hoc bits of code that essentially implement small databases
for sharing structures between parts of Samba. As I was about to add another I
realised that a generic database module was called for to replace all the
ad-hoc bits.
I based the interface on gdbm. I couldn't use gdbm as we need to
be able to have multiple writers to the databases at one time.
AUTHORS¶
Software: Andrew Tridgell <tridge@linuxcare.com> and Luke Kenneth Casson
Leighton Man page: Ben Woodard <ben@valinux.com>
SEE ALSO¶
gdbm(3), tdb_open(3), tdb_close(3), tdb_delete(3),
tdb_error(3), tdb_exists(3), tdb_fetch(3),
tdb_firstkey(3), tdb_store(3), tdb_traverse(3),
tdb_lockall(3), tdb_lockkeys(3), tdb_chainlock(3)
