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The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a>, <a class="link" href="memp.html" title="Chapter 8. The DB_MPOOLFILE Handle">DB_MPOOLFILE</a> 136 </p> 137 </div> 138 <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> 139 <div class="titlepage"> 140 <div> 141 <div> 142 <h3 class="title"><a id="id1687965"></a>See Also</h3> 143 </div> 144 </div> 145 </div> 146 <p> 147 <a class="xref" href="memp.html#memplist" title="Memory Pools and Related Methods">Memory Pools and Related Methods</a> 148 </p> 149 </div> 150 </div> 151 <div class="navfooter"> 152 <hr /> 153 <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> 154 <tr> 155 <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="mempsync.html">Prev</a> </td> 156 <td width="20%" align="center"> 157 <a accesskey="u" href="memp.html">Up</a> 158 </td> 159 <td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="envset_cache_max.html">Next</a></td> 160 </tr> 161 <tr> 162 <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">DB_ENV->memp_sync() </td> 163 <td width="20%" align="center"> 164 <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a> 165 </td> 166 <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> DB_ENV->set_cache_max()</td> 167 </tr> 168 </table> 169 </div> 170 </body> 171</html> 172