Berkeley DB

DB→set_re_source

						#include <db.h>
						int
						DB→set_re_source(DB *db, char *re_source);
					

Description

Set the underlying source file for the Recno access method. The purpose of the re_source value is to provide fast access and modification to databases that are normally stored as flat text files.

If the re_source field is set, it specifies an underlying flat text database file that is read to initialize a transient record number index. In the case of variable length records, the records are separated, as specified by DB→set_re_delim. For example, standard UNIX byte stream files can be interpreted as a sequence of variable length records separated by <newline> characters.

In addition, when cached data would normally be written back to the underlying ...