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authorSergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>2011-11-15 12:39:10 +0000
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Return a meaningful error code if failed to restore file's metadata.
* src/gdbm.h.in (GDBM_ERR_FILE_OWNER) (GDBM_ERR_FILE_MODE): New error codes. (_GDBM_MAX_ERRNO): Update. * src/gdbmerrno.c (gdbm_errlist): Add new error codes. * src/gdbmload.c (_set_gdbm_meta_info): Set gdbm_errno and return 1 in case of errors. (_gdbm_load_file): Propagate the return value from _set_gdbm_meta_info. * src/gdbm_load.c (main): Handle mild error conditions. * export/export.c (usage): Print the GDBM version the program is linked with. * doc/gdbm.texinfo: Document changes.
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@@ -727,8 +727,10 @@ set @code{gdbm_errno} to @samp{GDBM_NO_DBNAME} and return
The @var{flag} has the same meaning as the @var{flag} argument
to the @code{gdbm_store} function (@pxref{Store}).
-The function returns 0 upon successful completion or -1 on error. In
-the latter case, @code{gdbm_errno} will be set to one of the
+The function returns 0 upon successful completion or -1 on fatal
+errors and 1 on mild (non-fatal) errors.
+
+If a fatal error occurs, @code{gdbm_errno} will be set to one of the
following values:
@table @asis
@@ -753,10 +755,28 @@ length specification. Application developers are advised to treat
this error equally as @samp{GDBM_ILLEGAL_DATA}.
@end table
-If any error, excepting @var{GDBM_FILE_OPEN_ERROR}, occurs and the
-input file is in ASCII format, the number of line in which the error
-occurred will be stored in the location pointed to by the
-@var{errline} parameter, unless it is @samp{NULL}.
+Mild errors mean that the function was able to successfully load and
+restore the data, but was unable to change database file metadata
+afterwards. The table below lists possible values for @code{gdbm_errno}
+in this case. To get more detail, inspect the system @code{errno} variable.
+
+@table @asis
+@kwindex GDBM_ERR_FILE_OWNER
+@item GDBM_ERR_FILE_OWNER
+The function was unable to restore database file owner.
+
+@kwindex GDBM_ERR_FILE_MODE
+@item GDBM_ERR_FILE_MODE
+The function was unable to restore database file mode (permission bits).
+@end table
+
+If an error occurs while loading data from an input file in ASCII
+format, the number of line in which the error occurred will be stored
+in the location pointed to by the @var{errline} parameter, unless it
+is @samp{NULL}.
+
+If the line information is not available or applicable, @var{errline}
+will be set to @samp{0}.
@end deftypefn
@deftypefn {gdbm interface} int gdbm_dump_to_file (GDBM_FILE @var{dbf}, @
@@ -1676,6 +1696,23 @@ Output database name is not specified. This error code is set by
@code{gdbm_load} (@pxref{gdbm_load function,,gdbm_load}) if the first
argument points to @samp{NULL} and the input file does not specify the
database name.
+
+@kwindex GDBM_ERR_FILE_OWNER
+@item GDBM_ERR_FILE_OWNER
+This error code is set by @code{gdbm_load} if it is unable to restore
+database file owner. It is a mild error condition, meaning that the
+data have been restored successfully, only changing the target file
+owner failed. Inspect the system @code{errno} variable to get a more
+detailed diagnostics.
+
+@kwindex GDBM_ERR_FILE_MODE
+@item GDBM_ERR_FILE_MODE
+This error code is set by @code{gdbm_load} if it is unable to restore
+database file mode. It is a mild error condition, meaning that the data
+have been restored successfully, only changing the target file owner
+failed. Inspect the system @code{errno} variable to get a more
+detailed diagnostics.
+
@end table
@node Compatibility

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