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<a href="log_config.html">Configuring logging</a>
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<a href="log_limits.html">Log file limits</a>
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<h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="log_intro"></a>Introduction to the logging subsystem</h2>
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<p>The Logging subsystem is the logging facility used by Berkeley DB. It is
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largely Berkeley DB-specific, although it is potentially useful outside of
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the Berkeley DB package for applications wanting write-ahead logging support.
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Applications wanting to use the log for purposes other than logging file
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modifications based on a set of open file descriptors will almost
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certainly need to make source code modifications to the Berkeley DB code
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base.</p>
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<p>A log can be shared by any number of threads of control. The
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<a href="../api_reference/C/envopen.html" class="olink">DB_ENV->open()</a> method is used to open a log. When the log is no longer
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in use, it should be closed using the <a href="../api_reference/C/envclose.html" class="olink">DB_ENV->close()</a> method.</p>
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<p>Individual log entries are identified by log sequence numbers. Log
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sequence numbers are stored in an opaque object, an <a href="../api_reference/C/lsn.html" class="olink">DB_LSN</a>.</p>
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<p>The <a href="../api_reference/C/logcursor.html" class="olink">DB_ENV->log_cursor()</a> method is used to allocate a log cursor. Log cursors
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have two methods: <a href="../api_reference/C/logcget.html" class="olink">DB_LOGC->get()</a> method to retrieve log records from the
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log, and <a href="../api_reference/C/logcclose.html" class="olink">DB_LOGC->close()</a> method to destroy the cursor.</p>
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<p>There are additional methods for integrating the log subsystem with a
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transaction processing system:</p>
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<dd>Flushes the log up to a particular log sequence number.</dd>
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<dd>Maps a log sequence number to the specific log file that contains it.</dd>
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<dd>Returns various sets of log filenames. These methods are used for
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database administration; for example, to determine if log files may
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safely be removed from the system.</dd>
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<dd> The display <a href="../api_reference/C/db_stat.html" class="olink">db_stat</a> utility used the <a href="../api_reference/C/logstat.html" class="olink">DB_ENV->log_stat()</a> method to
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<p>For more information on the logging subsystem methods, see the <a href="../api_reference/C/lsn.html#loglist" class="olink">Logging Subsystem and Related Methods</a> section in the <em class="citetitle">Berkeley DB C API Reference Guide.</em></p>
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