Berkeley DB

DbEnv::set_lg_dir

						#include <db_cxx.h>
						int
						DbEnv::set_lg_dir(const char *dir);
					

Description

The path of a directory to be used as the location of logging files. Log files created by the Log Manager subsystem will be created in this directory.

If no logging directory is specified, log files are created in the environment home directory. See “Berkeley DB File Naming” for more information.

For the greatest degree of recoverability from system or application failure, database files and log files should be located on separate physical devices.

The DbEnv::set_lg_dir interface may only be used to configure Berkeley DB before the DbEnv::open interface is called.

The DbEnv::set_lg_dir method either returns a non-zero error value or throws an exception ...