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<h1>ost::SharedFile Class Reference</h1><!-- doxytag: class="ost::SharedFile" --><!-- doxytag: inherits="ost::RandomFile" -->This class defines a database I/O file service that can be shared by multiple processes.This class defines a database I/O file service that can be shared by multiple processes.
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<code>#include <<a class="el" href="file_8h-source.html">file.h</a>></code>
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<p>Inheritance diagram for ost::SharedFile:
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<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classost_1_1_shared_file.html#c5b43aef08de67e5f8fd88bf7e5f6a80">SharedFile</a> (const char *path)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Open or create a new database file. <a href="#c5b43aef08de67e5f8fd88bf7e5f6a80"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classost_1_1_shared_file.html#c13ee6d8e5fb10dcf5ce6e9e12f54ae9">SharedFile</a> (const <a class="el" href="classost_1_1_shared_file.html">SharedFile</a> &file)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Create a shared file as a duplicate of an existing shared file. <a href="#c13ee6d8e5fb10dcf5ce6e9e12f54ae9"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">virtual </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classost_1_1_shared_file.html#4001a868611c75292113daded7c0a585">~SharedFile</a> ()</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Close and finish a database file. <a href="#4001a868611c75292113daded7c0a585"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="el" href="classost_1_1_file.html#c65e9af20a431154c8d8a811d4c58bde">Error</a> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classost_1_1_shared_file.html#254c43de705b9ad9f5d24536b6cff1e0">restart</a> (void)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Restart an existing database; close and re-open. <a href="#254c43de705b9ad9f5d24536b6cff1e0"></a><br></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Lock and Fetch a portion of the file into physical memory. <a href="#a4f875ec058a85297a62e30af397d014"></a><br></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Update a portion of a file from physical memory. <a href="#5ace5a51d0da7c56a252e3f26efeff67"></a><br></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Clear a lock held from a previous fetch operation without updating. <a href="#c36a90105fb7435b498dcd72fa2473dd"></a><br></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Add new data to the end of the file. <a href="#7169520f6cabe7de4626ab2b0c1d138f"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">off_t </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classost_1_1_shared_file.html#b7ac91d6a8ded5c7236297784353a300">getPosition</a> (void)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Fetch the current file position marker for this thread. <a href="#b7ac91d6a8ded5c7236297784353a300"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">bool </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classost_1_1_shared_file.html#a7a0de19328f2d2c2ed8d06f7e5fa884">operator++</a> (void)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">bool </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classost_1_1_shared_file.html#9bab1e7719f2f608d719e99125bdc8e8">operator--</a> (void)</td></tr>
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<hr><a name="_details"></a><h2>Detailed Description</h2>
This class defines a database I/O file service that can be shared by multiple processes.This class defines a database I/O file service that can be shared by multiple processes.
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Each thread should access a dup of the database object, and mutex locks can be used to preserve transaction integrety if multiple threads are used.<p>
<a class="el" href="classost_1_1_shared_file.html">SharedFile</a> is used when a database may be shared between multiple processes. <a class="el" href="classost_1_1_shared_file.html">SharedFile</a> automatically applies low level byte-range "file locks", and provides an interface to fetch and release byte-range locked portions of a file.<p>
<dl compact><dt><b>Author:</b></dt><dd>David Sugar <<a href="mailto:dyfet@ostel.com">dyfet@ostel.com</a>> </dd></dl>
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<hr><h2>Constructor & Destructor Documentation</h2>
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<td class="md" nowrap valign="top">ost::SharedFile::SharedFile </td>
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Open or create a new database file.
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You should also use Initial.<p>
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<td class="md" nowrap valign="top">ost::SharedFile::SharedFile </td>
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Create a shared file as a duplicate of an existing shared file.
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<a class="anchor" name="4001a868611c75292113daded7c0a585"></a><!-- doxytag: member="ost::SharedFile::~SharedFile" ref="4001a868611c75292113daded7c0a585" args="()" --><p>
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<td class="md" nowrap valign="top">virtual ost::SharedFile::~SharedFile </td>
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Close and finish a database file.
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<hr><h2>Member Function Documentation</h2>
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Add new data to the end of the file.
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Locks file during append.<p>
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<a class="anchor" name="c36a90105fb7435b498dcd72fa2473dd"></a><!-- doxytag: member="ost::SharedFile::clear" ref="c36a90105fb7435b498dcd72fa2473dd" args="(ccxx_size_t length=0, off_t pos=-1)" --><p>
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Clear a lock held from a previous fetch operation without updating.
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<dl compact><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt><dd>errSuccess on success. </dd></dl>
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Lock and Fetch a portion of the file into physical memory.
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This can use state information to fetch the current record multiple times.<p>
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Fetch the current file position marker for this thread.
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Restart an existing database; close and re-open.
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Update a portion of a file from physical memory.
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This can use state information to commit the last read record. The current lock is also cleared.<p>
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