NAME¶

mtree_init, mtree_free - initialize and free a merkle tree

LIBRARY¶

Librecast library (liblibrecast, -llibrecast)

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <librecast/mtree.h>

int mtree_init(mtree_t *tree, size_t sz);
void mtree_free(mtree_t *tree);

Compile and link with -llibrecast.

DESCRIPTION¶

The tree_init function initializes the merkle tree structure tree with base data size sz. sz is the size in bytes of the base file or data which will be used to build the tree by calling mtree_build(3).

RETURN VALUE¶

mtree_init() returns zero on success. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.

The mtree_free() function returns no value, and preserves errno.

ERRORS¶

ENOMEM

Not enough space/cannot allocate memory (POSIX.1-2001).

SEE ALSO¶

mdex_get(3), mdex_put(3), mdex_del(3)