corosync/man/confdb_overview.8

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.TH CONFDB_OVERVIEW 8 2006-03-06 "corosync Man Page" "Corosync Cluster Engine Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
confdb_overview \- Confdb Library Overview
.SH OVERVIEW
The CONFDB library is delivered with the corosync project.  This library is used
to examine manipulate the configuration database used by corosync.
.PP
The library provides a mechanism to:
.PP
* Create new objects
.PP
* Create new key/value pairs within those objects
.PP
* Remove existing keys
.PP
* Remove an existing object and all it sub-objects and keys
.PP
* Read keys and values
.PP
* Iterate keys within an object
.PP
* Iterate subobjects within a parent object
.PP
* Find a named object
.PP
.SH BUGS
This software is not yet production, so there may still be some bugs.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR confdb_initialize (3),
.BR confdb_finalize (3),
.BR confdb_fd_get (3),
.BR confdb_dispatch (3),
.BR confdb_object_create (3),
.BR confdb_object_destroy (3),
.BR confdb_object_parent_get (3),
.BR confdb_key_create (3),
.BR confdb_key_delete (3),
.BR confdb_key_get (3),
.BR confdb_key_replace (3),
.BR confdb_object_find_start (3),
.BR confdb_object_find (3),
.BR confdb_object_iter_start (3),
.BR confdb_object_iter (3),
.BR confdb_key_iter_start (3),
.BR confdb_key_iter (3),
.PP