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<p>
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The Berkeley DB family of open source, embeddable databases
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provides developers with fast, reliable persistence with zero
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administration. Often deployed as "edge" databases, the Berkeley DB
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family provides very high performance, reliability, scalability,
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and availability for application use cases that do not require SQL.
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As an open source database, Berkeley DB works on many different
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platforms, from Wind River's Tornado system, to VMS, to
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Windows NT and Windows 95, and most existing UNIX
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platforms. It runs on 32 and 64-bit machines, little or big-endian.
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<span class="emphasis"><em>Berkeley DB Porting Guide</em></span> provides the information you need to
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port Berkeley DB to additional platforms.
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<h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="conventions"></a>Conventions Used in this Book</h2>
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The following typographical conventions are used within in this manual:
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Structure names are represented in <tt class="classname">monospaced font</tt>, as are <tt class="methodname">method
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names</tt>. For example: "<tt class="methodname">DB->open()</tt> is a method
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on a <tt class="classname">DB</tt> handle."
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Variable or non-literal text is presented in <span class="emphasis"><em>italics</em></span>. For example: "Go to your
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<span class="emphasis"><em>DB_INSTALL</em></span>
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directory."
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Program examples are displayed in a <tt class="classname">monospaced font</tt> on a shaded background.
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<pre class="programlisting">/* File: gettingstarted_common.h */
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typedef struct stock_dbs {
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DB *inventory_dbp; /* Database containing inventory information */
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DB *vendor_dbp; /* Database containing vendor information */
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char *db_home_dir; /* Directory containing the database files */
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char *inventory_db_name; /* Name of the inventory database */
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char *vendor_db_name; /* Name of the vendor database */
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} STOCK_DBS; </pre>
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<h3 class="title">Note</h3>
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<h3 class="title"><a id="audience"></a>Audience</h3>
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<div></div>
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<p>
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This guide is intended
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for programmers porting Berkeley DB to a new platform. It
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assumes that these programmers possess:
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<ul type="disc">
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<li>
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Familiarity with standard ANSI C and POSIX C 1003.1 and 1003.2 library and system
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calls.
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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Working knowledge of the target platform as well as the development tools (for example, compilers, linkers, and debuggers) available on that platform.
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<div class="titlepage">
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<h3 class="title"><a id="moreinfo"></a>For More Information</h3>
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</div>
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<div></div>
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<p>
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Beyond this manual, you may also find the following sources of information useful when building a
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DB application:
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<div class="itemizedlist">
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<ul type="disc">
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<li>
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<p>
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<a href="http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/gsg/C/index.html" target="_top">
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Getting Started with Berkeley DB for C
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</a>
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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<a href="http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/gsg_txn/C/index.html" target="_top">
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Getting Started with Transaction Processing for C
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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<a href="http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/gsg_db_rep/C/index.html" target="_top">
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Berkeley DB Getting Started with Replicated Applications for C
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</a>
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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<a href="http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/ref/toc.html" target="_top">
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Berkeley DB Programmer's Reference Guide
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</a>
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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<a href="http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/api_c/frame.html" target="_top">
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Berkeley DB C API
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</a>
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</p>
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</li>
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