dbm_close() -- NDBM Function (libgdbm)

Close an NDBM data base
#include <ndbm.h>
void dbm_close (database)
DBM *database;

Function dbm_close()  closes the NDBM  data base to  which database points.
database must first have been opened by a call to dbm_open().

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Notes

This function  is a wrapper  for function gdbm_close(). It  is included for
compatibility with existing code.

If you have  called dbm_fetch() to select data from  database, you must use
or copy  the returned  information before you  call dbm_close(). If  you do
not, dbm_close()  may corrupt  the data in  the datum that  dbm_fetch() has
returned.

For  a statement  of copyright  and  permissions on  this routine,  see the
Lexicon entry for libgdbm.

© 2012 by Stephen A. Ness