NAME
init_db
- open apropos database connection
SYNOPSIS
sqlite3 *
init_db(int db_flag)
DESCRIPTION
The
init_db(man.db
which is an
Sqlite database and return a pointer to a sqlite3 structure.
The connection should subsequentially be closed by calling
close_db(
The argument
db_flag
can be one of the following:
DB_READONLY-
This will open the database in read-only mode.
Use this when you only want to query the database.
DB_WRITE-
This will open the database in read/write mode.
DB_CREATE-
This will open the database in read/write mode, and will also create
the database schema if it does not exist already.
RETURN VALUES
On successful execution the
init_db(
In case the file
/var/db/man.db
does not exist and
DB_CREATE
is not used as a value of
db_flag,
NULL
will be returned.
FILES
/var/db/man.db-
The Sqlite FTS database which contains an index of the manual pages.
SEE ALSO
apropos-utils(3),
close_db(3),
run_query(3),
run_query_html(3),
run_query_pager(3)
AUTHORS
Abhinav Upadhyay
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