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Welcome to Berkeley DB (DB). This document provides an
introduction and usage notes for skilled programmers who wish
to use the Berkeley DB APIs.
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This document reflects Berkeley DB 11<span class="emphasis"><em>g</em></span> Release 2, which
provides DB library version 11.2.5.2.
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<pre class="programlisting">/* File: gettingstarted_common.h */
typedef struct stock_dbs {
DB *inventory_dbp; /* Database containing inventory information */
DB *vendor_dbp; /* Database containing vendor information */
char *db_home_dir; /* Directory containing the database files */
char *inventory_db_name; /* Name of the inventory database */
char *vendor_db_name; /* Name of the vendor database */
} STOCK_DBS; </pre>
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