dbmseq.c

/* dbmseq.c - Visit all elements in the database.  This is the NDBM
   interface. */

/*  This file is part of GDBM, the GNU data base manager, by Philip A. Nelson.
    Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1993  Free Software Foundation, Inc.

    GDBM is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
    any later version.

    GDBM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with GDBM; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
    the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

    You may contact the author by:
       e-mail:  phil@cs.wwu.edu
      us-mail:  Philip A. Nelson
                Computer Science Department
                Western Washington University
                Bellingham, WA 98226
       
*************************************************************************/


/* include system configuration before all else. */
#include "autoconf.h"

#include "gdbmdefs.h"
#include "extern.h"


/* NDBM Start the visit of all keys in the database.  This produces
   something in hash order, not in any sorted order.  DBF is the dbm file
   information pointer. */

datum
dbm_firstkey (dbf)
     gdbm_file_info *dbf;
{
  datum ret_val;

  /* Free previous dynamic memory, do actual call, and save pointer to new
     memory. */
  ret_val = gdbm_firstkey (dbf);
  if (_gdbm_memory.dptr != NULL) free (_gdbm_memory.dptr);
  _gdbm_memory = ret_val;

  /* Return the new value. */
  return ret_val;
}


/* NDBM Continue visiting all keys.  The next key in the sequence is returned.
   DBF is the file information pointer. */

datum
dbm_nextkey (dbf)
     gdbm_file_info *dbf;
{
  datum ret_val;

  /* Make sure we have a valid key. */
  if (_gdbm_memory.dptr == NULL)
    return _gdbm_memory;

  /* Call gdbm nextkey with the old value. After that, free the old value. */
  ret_val = gdbm_nextkey (dbf,_gdbm_memory);
  if (_gdbm_memory.dptr != NULL) free (_gdbm_memory.dptr);
  _gdbm_memory = ret_val;

  /* Return the new value. */
  return ret_val;
}