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#include "libc.h"
#include "dbase.h"
/***************************************************************************
* db_open(filename) opens the DBASE .DBF file contained in "filename" *
* and returns a pointer to the block containing the DBASE file discription *
* block. A value of -1 is returned if the file doesn't exist and execution*
* is terminated if there is insufficient memory availible to allocate the *
* file descriptor block *
***************************************************************************/
db_open(filename){
int i, *inptr, variables ;
DBASE_FILE *db_pointer ;
/*----- allocate the storage area -----*/
if( (db_pointer = alloc(DB_HDR_SZ+5)) == 0 ){
puts("Insufficient HEAP space to open DBASE file description block");
puts("Called from db_open");
exit();
}
if( (inptr=open(filename,O_RDWR)) == ERROR) /* open the file */
return(inptr); /* return the errror if not found */
read(inptr,db_pointer,DB_HDR_SZ); /* read in the header information */
/* reset the number of variables */
variables = 0;
while(db_pointer->field_desc[variables].var_len != 0 ) variables++;
/*----- fill in the rest of the file descriptor and return -----*/
db_pointer->file_ptr = inptr;
db_pointer->var_num = variables ;
db_pointer->chng_ind = FALSE ;
lseek(inptr,DATA_START,0); /* set to the beginning of data */
db_pointer->curr_rec = 0 ;
return(db_pointer);
}