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The syntax of the entry in that file is a single line with the string "mutex_set_increment", one or more whitespace characters, and the number of additional mutexes. Because the <a href="../../programmer_reference/env_db_config.html#env_db_config.DB_CONFIG" class="olink">DB_CONFIG</a> file is read when the database environment is opened, it will silently overrule configuration done before that time. </p> <p> The <code class="methodname">DB_ENV->mutex_set_increment()</code> method configures a database environment, not only operations performed using the specified <a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5. The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a> handle. </p> <p> The <code class="methodname">DB_ENV->mutex_set_increment()</code> method may not be called after the <a class="xref" href="envopen.html" title="DB_ENV->open()">DB_ENV->open()</a> method is called. If the database environment already exists when <a class="xref" href="envopen.html" title="DB_ENV->open()">DB_ENV->open()</a> is called, the information specified to <code class="methodname">DB_ENV->mutex_set_increment()</code> will be ignored. </p> <p> The <code class="methodname">DB_ENV->mutex_set_increment()</code> <span> <span> method returns a non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. </span> </span> </p> <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h3 class="title"><a id="id1694568"></a>Parameters</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h4 class="title"><a id="id1694573"></a>increment</h4> </div> </div> </div> <p> The <span class="bold"><strong>increment</strong></span> parameter is the number of additional mutexes to allocate. </p> </div> </div> <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h3 class="title"><a id="id1694719"></a>Errors</h3> </div> </div> </div> <p> The <code class="methodname">DB_ENV->mutex_set_increment()</code> <span> <span> method may fail and return one of the following non-zero errors: </span> </span> </p> <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h4 class="title"><a id="id1694661"></a>EINVAL</h4> </div> </div> </div> <p> If the method was called after <a class="xref" href="envopen.html" title="DB_ENV->open()">DB_ENV->open()</a> was called; or if an invalid flag value or parameter was specified. </p> </div> </div> <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h3 class="title"><a id="id1694513"></a>Class</h3> </div> </div> </div> <p> <a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5. The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a> </p> </div> <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h3 class="title"><a id="id1694550"></a>See Also</h3> </div> </div> </div> <p> <a class="xref" href="mutex.html#mutexlist" title="Mutex Methods">Mutex Methods</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="navfooter"> <hr /> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="mutexset_align.html">Prev</a> </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="u" href="mutex.html">Up</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="mutexset_max.html">Next</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">DB_ENV->mutex_set_align() </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> DB_ENV->mutex_set_max()</td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>