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authorSergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org>2018-07-01 10:08:55 +0300
committerSergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org>2018-07-01 10:19:36 +0300
commit030e685eb9df82f63d73a1bf206da84b7aa52374 (patch)
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parentd6fe3b45bc669a6bc3f21e4bda69c6a052d78482 (diff)
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Change return value of gdbm_close and gdbm_sync
* src/gdbm.h.in (gdbm_close, gdbm_sync): Return int (GDBM_FILE_CLOSE_ERROR, GDBM_FILE_SYNC_ERROR): New error codes. * src/gdbmclose.c (gdbm_close): Return 0 on success, -1 on failure. Set gdbm_errno and errno. * src/gdbmsync.c (gdbm_sync): Likewise. * src/gdbmerrno.c: Handle new error codes. * src/mmap.c (_gdbm_mapped_sync): Set gdbm_errno. * src/proto.h (gdbm_file_sync): Set gdbm_errno. * doc/gdbm.3: Document changes. * doc/gdbm.texi: Document changes. * NEWS: Document changes. * configure.ac: Set patchlevel. * tests/Makefile.am: Add new test. * tests/testsuite.at: Add new test. * tests/closerr.at: New test case. * tests/closerr.c: New test program. * tests/gtdel.c: Check gdbm_close return. * tests/gtdump.c: Likewise. * tests/gtfetch.c: Likewise. * tests/gtload.c: Likewise. * tests/gtopt.c: Likewise. * tests/gtrecover.c: Likewise.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/gdbm.310
-rw-r--r--doc/gdbm.texi16
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/gdbm.3 b/doc/gdbm.3
index 6107d9a..d803748 100644
--- a/doc/gdbm.3
+++ b/doc/gdbm.3
@@ -15,3 +15,3 @@
.\" along with GDBM. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
-.TH GDBM 3 "July 8, 2016" "GDBM" "GDBM User Reference"
+.TH GDBM 3 "July 1, 2018" "GDBM" "GDBM User Reference"
.SH NAME
@@ -33,3 +33,3 @@ compatibility.
.br
-.BI "void gdbm_close (GDBM_FILE " dbf ");"
+.BI "int gdbm_close (GDBM_FILE " dbf ");"
.br
@@ -47,3 +47,3 @@ compatibility.
.br
-.BI "void gdbm_sync (GDBM_FILE " dbf ");"
+.BI "int gdbm_sync (GDBM_FILE " dbf ");"
.br
@@ -185,3 +185,3 @@ update the reader/writer count on the file. This is done by:
-.BI "void gdbm_close (GDBM_FILE " dbf ");"
+.BI "int gdbm_close (GDBM_FILE " dbf ");"
@@ -310,3 +310,3 @@ physically written to the disk file.
-.BI "void gdbm_sync (GDBM_FILE " dbf ");"
+.BI "int gdbm_sync (GDBM_FILE " dbf ");"
diff --git a/doc/gdbm.texi b/doc/gdbm.texi
index b5ba53d..4a0b1a7 100644
--- a/doc/gdbm.texi
+++ b/doc/gdbm.texi
@@ -217,3 +217,3 @@ contains a definition of these functions.
GDBM_FILE gdbm_open(name, block_size, flags, mode, fatal_func);
-void gdbm_close(dbf);
+int gdbm_close(dbf);
int gdbm_store(dbf, key, content, flag);
@@ -224,3 +224,3 @@ datum gdbm_nextkey(dbf, key);
int gdbm_reorganize(dbf);
-void gdbm_sync(dbf);
+int gdbm_sync(dbf);
int gdbm_exists(dbf, key);
@@ -371,3 +371,3 @@ update the reader/writer count on the file:
-@deftypefn {gdbm interface} void gdbm_close (GDBM_FILE @var{dbf})
+@deftypefn {gdbm interface} int gdbm_close (GDBM_FILE @var{dbf})
This function closes the @code{gdbm} file and frees all memory
@@ -379,2 +379,6 @@ The pointer returned by @code{gdbm_open}.
@end table
+
+@code{Gdbm_close} returns 0 on success. On error, it sets
+@code{gdbm_errno} and system @code{errno} variables to the codes
+describing the error and returns -1.
@end deftypefn
@@ -680,3 +684,3 @@ with all changes to the current time.
-@deftypefn {gdbm interface} void gdbm_sync (GDBM_FILE @var{dbf})
+@deftypefn {gdbm interface} int gdbm_sync (GDBM_FILE @var{dbf})
Synchronizes the changes in @var{dbf} with its disk file. The
@@ -689,2 +693,6 @@ The @code{gdbm_close} function automatically calls the equivalent of
immediately after the set of changes have been made.
+
+@code{Gdbm_sync} returns 0 on success. On error, it sets
+@code{gdbm_errno} and system @code{errno} variables to the codes
+describing the error and returns -1.
@end deftypefn

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