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2016-07-07Switch to Git repositorySergey Poznyakoff1
2016-07-06Minor changesSergey Poznyakoff1
2015-08-14Fix doc generation.Sergey Poznyakoff1
* doc/Config: Rename to doc/html.init. * doc/gdbm.texinfo: Fix sectioning.
2015-08-13Minor fix in docsSergey Poznyakoff1
* doc/gdbm.texinfo: Fix direntry records.
2015-03-01Switch to Texinfo 5.0Sergey Poznyakoff1
* doc/Config: Rewrite. * doc/Makefile.am: Use Makeinfo 5 instead of texi2htm * doc/gendocs_template: Ps is not built * imprimatur: Upgrade.
2013-12-25Minor changes.Sergey Poznyakoff1
* src/gdbm_load.c: New options: --mmap, --cache-size and --block-size. * doc/gdbm.texinfo: Document new gdbm_load options. * doc/gdbm_load.1: Likewise. * src/gdbmdelete.c: Stylistic changes. * src/gdbmstore.c: Likewise.
2013-05-21New function gdbm_count.Sergey Poznyakoff1
* configure.ac: Check for unsigned long long, define substitution variable GDBM_COUNT_T. * src/gdbmcount.c: New file. * src/Makefile.am (libgdbm_la_SOURCES): Add gdbmcount.c. * src/bucket.c (_gdbm_read_bucket_at): New function. * src/gdbm.h.in (gdbm_count_t): New typedef. (gdbm_count): New proto. * src/gdbmdefs.h (GDBM_DIR_COUNT): New define. * src/proto.h (_gdbm_read_bucket_at): New proto. * src/var.c: New variable "filemode". * src/gdbmtool.c: Use gdbm_count. Various bugfixes. * NEWS: Update. * doc/gdbm.texinfo: Update.
2013-05-17Fix a typoSergey Poznyakoff1
2013-05-17Update the docs.Sergey Poznyakoff1
* NEWS: Update. * doc/gdbm.texinfo: Update. * doc/gdbmtool.1: Document the "define" statement. * src/datconv.c: Rename string datatypes to reflect their meaning. (dsprint): Improve output presentation.
2013-05-16Provide support for a simplified "define" construct.Sergey Poznyakoff1
* doc/gdbm.texinfo: Document the "define" statement. * src/datconv.c: Support short and ushort data types. * src/gdbmtool.c: Don't call checkdb prior to handling the "hash" command. * src/gram.y: Support simplified definition construct: "define key|content type".
2013-05-16Improve handling of the variables.Sergey Poznyakoff1
* src/gdbmtool.c (opendb): Allow for unset variables. * src/gram.y: Improve error detection. * src/lex.l: Handle multiline strings. (pe_file_name): file_name can be NULL. * src/var.c (VARF_PROT): New flag. Protects the variable from being unset. (vartab): Use VARF_PROT if needed. (s2b): Fix return values. (variable_set, variable_unset): Return error if attempting to unset a variable marked with VARF_PROT. * doc/gdbm.info: Update. * doc/gdbmtool.1: Update.
2013-05-08Rename testgdbm to gdbmtool. Improve documentation.Sergey Poznyakoff1
* configure.ac: Fix a typo. * src/.cvsignore: Add gdbmtool * src/Makefile.am: Rename testgdbm to gdbmtool. Source file not renamed because of CVS deficiency. * src/gdbm_dump.c: Enable NLS. * src/gdbm_load.c: Likewise. * src/testgdbm.c: New option -q (--quiet). New command: prompt. * doc/Makefile.am (man_MANS): Add new manpages. * doc/gdbmtool.1: New file. * doc/gdbm_load.1: New file. * doc/gdbm_dump.1: New file. * doc/gdbm.3: Update. * doc/gdbm.texinfo: Update.
2011-11-16Improve testgdbmSergey Poznyakoff1
* src/mem.c (ealloc_die): Return EXIT_FATAL to the shell. * src/testgdbm.c: Use emalloc, erealloc and estrdup for memory allocation. (syntax_error): New function. (handler_param): New struct. (all handlers): Change signature. Take a pointer to struct handler_param as argument. (export_handler,import_handler): Handle new formats. (main): Take first argument to be the file name. (optab): Remove -f argument. Hide -g, but retain it for backward compatibility. * doc/gdbm.texinfo: Update.
2011-11-15Update the docs. Improve dump/load utilities.Sergey Poznyakoff1
* doc/gdbm.texinfo: Reorganize the material. Document gdbm_load and gdbm_dump utilities. * src/gdbm.h.in (GDBM_META_MASK_MODE) (GDBM_META_MASK_OWNER): New constant. (gdbm_load,gdbm_load_from_file): Take an additional argument: meta_flags, which masks out restoring certain meta-data. * src/gdbm_dump.c: Remove -b option. The -H option takes symbolic format names. Use the standard exit codes. * src/gdbm_load.c: New options: --mode, --user and --no-meta. Use the standard exit codes. * src/gdbmapp.h (EXIT_OK, EXIT_FATAL, EXIT_MILD) (EXIT_USAGE): New constants. * src/gdbmload.c (gdbm_load,gdbm_load_from_file): Take an additional argument, which masks out restoring certain meta-data.
2011-11-15Return a meaningful error code if failed to restore file's metadata.Sergey Poznyakoff1
* 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.
2011-11-14Document new flat format and related functions.Sergey Poznyakoff1
2011-11-14Minor changesSergey Poznyakoff1
2011-11-13Implement new dump format. Add new utilities: gdbm_dump and gdbm_load.Sergey Poznyakoff1
* configure.ac (AC_CHECK_HEADERS): Don't check for files that must always be present. Check for getopt.h. (AC_CHECK_FUNCS): Add getopt_long * src/systems.h: Include useless #if's. * src/flatfile.c: Split into two files: * src/gdbmexp.c: ... this and ... * src/gdbmimp.c: .., this * src/mem.c: New file. * src/base64.c: New file. * src/gdbm_dump.c: New file. * src/gdbm_load.c: New file. * src/gdbmapp.h: New file. * src/gdbmdump.c: New file. * src/gdbmload.c: New file. * src/parseopt.c: New file. * src/progname.c: New file. * src/.cvsignore: Update. * src/Makefile.am (libgdbm_la_SOURCES): Add new files. (noinst_LIBRARIES): New variable. Build libgdbmapp.a. (libgdbmapp_a_SOURCES): New variable. (bin_PROGRAMS): Add gdbm_load and gdbm_dump (testgdbm_LDADD, gdbm_load_LDADD) (gdbm_dump_LDADD): Add ./libgdbmapp.a * src/gdbm.h.in: Include <stdio.h> (gdbm_export_to_file) (gdbm_import_from_file): New prototypes. (GDBM_DUMP_FMT_BINARY,GDBM_DUMP_FMT_ASCII): New constants. (gdbm_dump,gdbm_load) (gdbm_dump_to_file,gdbm_load_from_file): New prototypes. (GDBM_NO_DBNAME): New error code. (_GDBM_MAX_ERRNO): Update. * src/gdbmdefs.h (_GDBM_MAX_DUMP_LINE_LEN): New constant. * src/gdbmerrno.c (gdbm_errlist): Add entry for GDBM_NO_DBNAME. * src/proto.h (_gdbm_base64_encode,_gdbm_base64_decode) (_gdbm_load,_gdbm_dump): New prototypes. * src/testgdbm.c: Use gdbmapp interface for option parsing. * export/export.c: Include gdbmexp.c * export/.cvsignore: Update. * doc/gdbm.texinfo: Update.
2011-11-12Update the docs.Sergey Poznyakoff1
* NEWS: Update. * doc/gdbm.texinfo: Update.
2011-11-11Implement cloexec in gdbm_reorganize. Add test cases.Sergey Poznyakoff1
* compat/dbmopen.c: Apply O_CLOEXEC for newly created dir file, if requested. * src/gdbmdefs.h (gdbm_file_info) <cloexec>: New member. * src/gdbmopen.c (gdbm_open): Initialize cloexec member. * src/gdbmreorg.c (gdbm_reorganize): Propagate cloexec bit to the new database. * tests/.cvsignore: Update. * tests/cloexec00.at: New test case. * tests/cloexec01.at: Likewise. * tests/cloexec02.at: Likewise. * tests/cloexec03.at: Likewise. * fdop.c: New auxiliary program. * g_open_ce: New test program. * g_reorg_ce: New test program. * d_creat_ce: New test program. * tests/Makefile.am: Add new test cases and test programs. * tests/testsuite.at: Include new test cases. * doc/gdbm.texinfo: Minor change.
2011-11-11Support close-on-exec flag for gdbm_open call.Sergey Poznyakoff1
* src/gdbm.h.in (GDBM_CLOEXEC): New flag. * src/systems.h [O_CLOEXEC]: Provide a placeholder definition. * src/gdbmopen.c (gdbm_open): Honor the GDBM_CLOEXEC flag. * compat/dbmopen.c (ndbm_open_dir_file0): Mask out open mode before comparing with GDBM_READER. Support GDBM_CLOEXEC. (dbm_open): Translate O_CLOEXEC to GDBM_CLOEXEC. * doc/gdbm.texinfo: Document GDBM_CLOEXEC. * NEWS: Update.
2011-08-24Implement multi-character commands in testgdbm.Sergey Poznyakoff1
* bootstrap (get_po): Discard output from cmp. * src/testgdbm.c: Implement multi-character commands. * doc/gdbm.texinfo: Update.
2011-08-17Make sure errno is preserved, if it can contain details about the gdbm error.Sergey Poznyakoff1
* src/gdbmdefs.h (SAVE_ERRNO): New macro. * src/gdbmopen.c: Use SAVE_ERRNO where it is important to preserve system errno. * src/mmap.c: Likewise. * doc/gdbm.texinfo: Document which gdbm errors can be detailed by inspecting the system errno.
2011-08-17Introduce new error code.Sergey Poznyakoff1
* configure.ac, NEWS: Raise patchlevel to 90. * src/gdbm.h.in: Enclose entire file in conditional extern "C". (GDBM_FILE_STAT_ERROR): New error code. (_GDBM_MAX_ERRNO): Update. * src/gdbmerrno.c (gdbm_errlist): Update. * src/gdbmopen.c: Set GDBM_FILE_STAT_ERROR on fstat failure. * src/gdbmreorg.c: Likewise. * src/mmap.c: Likewise. * src/systems.h: Include errno.h * gdbm.texinfo: Document GDBM_FILE_STAT_ERROR.
2011-08-11New option GDBM_GETDBNAME.Sergey Poznyakoff1
* src/gdbm.h.in (GDBM_GETDBNAME): New option. * src/gdbmsetopt.c (gdbm_setopt): Handle GDBM_GETDBNAME. * doc/gdbm.texinfo (Options): Document GDBM_GETDBNAME.
2011-08-10Improve gdbm_setopt interface.Sergey Poznyakoff1
* src/gdbm.h.in (GDBM_OPENMASK): New constant. * src/gdbmconst.h: Remove constants duplicated in gdbm.h.in. * src/gdbmdefs.h (gdbm_file_info) <allow_mmap> <mmap_inited>: Replace with a single member: memory_mapping. All callers updated. (GDBM_SETCACHESIZE,GDBM_SETSYNCMODE) (GDBM_SETCENTFREE,GDBM_SETCOALESCEBLKS): New option names. (GDBM_SETMMAP,GDBM_GETMMAP,GDBM_GETFLAGS) (GDBM_GETCACHESIZE,GDBM_GETSYNCMODE,GDBM_GETCENTFREE) (GDBM_GETCOALESCEBLKS,GDBM_GETMAXMAPSIZE): New option codes. * src/gdbmsetopt.c: Implement new options. * doc/gdbm.texinfo: Document new options.
2011-08-10Improve memory mapping support.Sergey Poznyakoff1
The new code is more flexible and performs better when lots of inserts are being made (e.g. when populating the database with new data). * src/gdbm.h.in (GDBM_SETMAXMAPSIZE): New constant. * src/gdbmconst.h (SIZE_T_MAX): New define. * src/gdbmdefs.h (gdbm_file_info) <cache_size>: Change type to size_t. <mmap_inited,mapped_size_max>: New member. <mapped_remap>: Remove. * src/gdbmopen.c: Fix a typo. (gdbm_open): Initialize new members. (_gdbm_init_cache): Second argument is size_t. * src/gdbmsetopt.c (gdbm_setopt): Optval argument is void*. Handle GDBM_SETMAXMAPSIZE. Improve error checking. * src/mmap.c (_GDBM_IN_MAPPED_REGION_P): Fix comparison with the lower bound. (_GDBM_NEED_REMAP): Return true if mapped_region is NULL. (SUM_FILE_SIZE): Rewrite. (_gdbm_mapped_unmap): Don't call msync. (_gdbm_internal_remap): Take 2 arguments, the second one giving the new mapped size. Unmap the region prior to remapping it. Always pass NULL as the argument to mmap. (_gdbm_mapped_remap): Rewrite the logic. Change semantics of the third argument. All uses updated. (_gdbm_mapped_init): Reflect the above changes. (_gdbm_mapped_read,_gdbm_mapped_write): Use mmap_inited to decide whether to use mmap, because mapped_region can be reset to zero by another functions (namely, _gdbm_mapped_lseek). Reset mmap_inited to FALSE, if _gdbm_mapped_remap fails. (_gdbm_mapped_lseek): Rewrite offset computations. Invalidate the mapped region. * src/proto.h (_gdbm_init_cache): Change prototype. * src/update.c (write_header, _gdbm_end_update): Remove checks for dbf->mapped_region. * tests/gtload.c: Implement the -maxmap option (set maximal mapped memory size). * doc/gdbm.texinfo: Document GDBM_SETMAXMAPSIZE.
2011-08-10Docs: "Additional information" section.Sergey Poznyakoff1
2011-08-09Spell checking and minor fixes.Sergey Poznyakoff1
2011-08-09Update the docs.Sergey Poznyakoff1
* doc/gdbm.texinfo: Document compatibility functions, provide more cross-references.
2011-08-07Minor fixes.Sergey Poznyakoff1
2011-08-06Document gdbm_version_cmp.Sergey Poznyakoff1
2011-08-05Minor fixes.Sergey Poznyakoff1
2011-08-03Document gdbm_version_number and GDBM_VERSION_* macros.Sergey Poznyakoff1
2011-08-03Document flat format and related functions.Sergey Poznyakoff1
2011-08-03Revise.Sergey Poznyakoff1
2009-01-03Update bug-reporting address.Sergey Poznyakoff1
2008-12-04First pass at updating documentation. Add FDL.Jason Downs1
Needs a lot more work...
2008-11-21Initial revisionJason Downs1

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