mdbm_firstkey

NAME

mdbm_firstkey - Get the "first" key from a mdbm database

SYNOPSIS

string mdbm_firstkey(int handle)

DESCRIPTION

Returns the "first" the key from a mdbm database that has previously been opened by a call to the mdbm_open() kfun. The "handle" returned by that kfun is used as an argument to this kfun.

Zero is returned to indicate failure.

NOTES

The order of keys in a database isn't based on anything interesting.

SEE ALSO

mdbm_open, mdbm_close, mdbm_store, mdbm_exists, mdbm_fetch, mdbm_delete, mdbm_nextkey, mdbm_reorganize

HTMLised 1998 Greg Lewis (glewis@maths.adelaide.edu.au)