Virtual memory ndbm

[John Pope]

In article <556 at ncar.ucar.edu>, pag at hao (Peter Gross) writes:
>
>The BSD ndbm database routines normally operate on disk files.  I would
>like to use the same functionality, but have the database[s] be in the
>process virtual address space.  It could be accomplished by a re-write
>of the routines, or by mapping the files into memory.  Do any wizards
>out there have a suggestion on how to do this under a BSD-flavor Unix
>(SunOS, Ultrix, 4.[23], etc.)?

On BSD and SunOS, check out mmap(2). Don't know about Ultrix...

>--peter gross
>pag at hao.ucar.edu
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John Pope
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