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authortrevor <trevor@FreeBSD.org>2004-04-11 01:11:02 +0800
committertrevor <trevor@FreeBSD.org>2004-04-11 01:11:02 +0800
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@@ -2,28 +2,23 @@ cdb is a fast, reliable, lightweight package for creating and reading
constant databases. Its database structure provides several features:
* Fast lookups: A successful lookup in a large database normally takes
-just two disk accesses. An unsuccessful lookup takes only one.
-
+ just two disk accesses. An unsuccessful lookup takes only one.
* Low overhead: A database uses 2048 bytes, plus 24 bytes per record,
-plus the space for keys and data.
-
+ plus the space for keys and data.
* No random limits: cdb can handle any database up to 4 gigabytes. There
-are no other restrictions; records don't even have to fit into memory.
-Databases are stored in a machine-independent format.
-
+ are no other restrictions; records don't even have to fit into memory.
+ Databases are stored in a machine-independent format.
* Fast atomic database replacement: cdbmake can rewrite an entire
-database two orders of magnitude faster than other hashing packages.
-
+ database two orders of magnitude faster than other hashing packages.
* Fast database dumps: cdbdump prints the contents of a database in
-cdbmake-compatible format.
+ cdbmake-compatible format.
cdb is designed to be used in mission-critical applications like e-mail.
Database replacement is safe against system crashes. Readers don't have
to pause during a rewrite.
-Note for developers:
- Packages that need to read cdb files should incorporate the
- necessary portions of the cdb library rather than relying on
- an external cdb library. (See WWW)
+Note for developers: packages that need to read cdb files should
+incorporate the necessary portions of the cdb library rather than
+relying on an external cdb library. (See WWW)
WWW: http://cr.yp.to/cdb.html