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Often deployed as "edge" databases, the Berkeley DB 67 family provides very high performance, reliability, scalability, 68 and availability for application use cases that do not require SQL. 69</p> 70 <p> 71 As an open source database, Berkeley DB works on many different 72 platforms, from Wind River's Tornado system, to VMS, to 73 Windows NT and Windows 95, and most existing UNIX 74 platforms. It runs on 32 and 64-bit machines, little or big-endian. 75</p> 76 <p> 77 <span class="emphasis"><em>Berkeley DB Porting Guide</em></span> provides the information you need to 78 port Berkeley DB to additional platforms. 79</p> 80 <div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> 81 <div class="titlepage"> 82 <div> 83 <div> 84 <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="conventions"></a>Conventions Used in this Book</h2> 85 </div> 86 </div> 87 <div></div> 88 </div> 89 <p> 90 The following typographical conventions are used within in this manual: 91 </p> 92 <p> 93 Structure names are represented in <tt class="classname">monospaced font</tt>, as are <tt class="methodname">method 94 names</tt>. For example: "<tt class="methodname">DB->open()</tt> is a method 95 on a <tt class="classname">DB</tt> handle." 96 </p> 97 <p> 98 Variable or non-literal text is presented in <span class="emphasis"><em>italics</em></span>. For example: "Go to your 99 <span class="emphasis"><em>DB_INSTALL</em></span> 100 directory." 101 </p> 102 <p> 103 Program examples are displayed in a <tt class="classname">monospaced font</tt> on a shaded background. 104 For example: 105 </p> 106 <pre class="programlisting">/* File: gettingstarted_common.h */ 107typedef struct stock_dbs { 108 DB *inventory_dbp; /* Database containing inventory information */ 109 DB *vendor_dbp; /* Database containing vendor information */ 110 111 char *db_home_dir; /* Directory containing the database files */ 112 char *inventory_db_name; /* Name of the inventory database */ 113 char *vendor_db_name; /* Name of the vendor database */ 114} STOCK_DBS; </pre> 115 <div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"> 116 <h3 class="title">Note</h3> 117 <p> 118 Finally, notes of interest are represented using a note block such 119 as this. 120 </p> 121 </div> 122 <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> 123 <div class="titlepage"> 124 <div> 125 <div> 126 <h3 class="title"><a id="audience"></a>Audience</h3> 127 </div> 128 </div> 129 <div></div> 130 </div> 131 <p> 132 This guide is intended 133 for programmers porting Berkeley DB to a new platform. It 134 assumes that these programmers possess: 135 </p> 136 <div class="itemizedlist"> 137 <ul type="disc"> 138 <li> 139 <p> 140 Familiarity with standard ANSI C and POSIX C 1003.1 and 1003.2 library and system 141 calls. 142 </p> 143 </li> 144 <li> 145 <p> 146 147 Working knowledge of the target platform as well as the development tools (for example, compilers, linkers, and debuggers) available on that platform. 148 </p> 149 </li> 150 </ul> 151 </div> 152 </div> 153 <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> 154 <div class="titlepage"> 155 <div> 156 <div> 157 <h3 class="title"><a id="moreinfo"></a>For More Information</h3> 158 </div> 159 </div> 160 <div></div> 161 </div> 162 <p> 163 Beyond this manual, you may also find the following sources of information useful when building a 164 DB application: 165 </p> 166 <div class="itemizedlist"> 167 <ul type="disc"> 168 <li> 169 <p> 170 <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/gsg/C/index.html" target="_top"> 171 Getting Started with Berkeley DB for C 172 </a> 173 </p> 174 </li> 175 <li> 176 <p> 177 <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/gsg_txn/C/index.html" target="_top"> 178 Getting Started with Transaction Processing for C 179 </a> 180 </p> 181 </li> 182 <li> 183 <p> 184 <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/gsg_db_rep/C/index.html" target="_top"> 185 Berkeley DB Getting Started with Replicated Applications for C 186 </a> 187 </p> 188 </li> 189 <li> 190 <p> 191 <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/ref/toc.html" target="_top"> 192 Berkeley DB Programmer's Reference Guide 193 </a> 194 </p> 195 </li> 196 <li> 197 <p> 198 <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/api_c/frame.html" target="_top"> 199 Berkeley DB C API 200 </a> 201 </p> 202 </li> 203 </ul> 204 </div> 205 </div> 206 </div> 207 </div> 208 <div class="navfooter"> 209 <hr /> 210 <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> 211 <tr> 212 <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a>��</td> 213 <td width="20%" align="center"> 214 <a accesskey="u" href="index.html">Up</a> 215 </td> 216 <td width="40%" align="right">��<a accesskey="n" href="introduction.html">Next</a></td> 217 </tr> 218 <tr> 219 <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Porting Berkeley DB��</td> 220 <td width="20%" align="center"> 221 <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a> 222 </td> 223 <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top">��Chapter��1.��Introduction to Porting Berkeley DB </td> 224 </tr> 225 </table> 226 </div> 227 </body> 228</html> 229