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.TH cdb_init 3
.SH NAME
cdb_init \- open a constant database
.SH SYNTAX
.B #include <libowfat/cdb.h>
int cdb_init(struct cdb *\fIc\fR,int \fIfd\fR);
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B cdb_init
places information about \fIfd\fR into a struct cdb variable \fIc\fR.
\fIfd\fR 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.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
cdb_free(3), cdb_read(3), cdb_find(3), cdbmake(1)