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Database reloading</A>
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The most important thing is to keep the internal instance of the database
up to date. You can watch database changes with the <code>cl_stat</code>
family of functions.
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int cl_statinidir(const char *dirname, struct cl_stat *dbstat);
int cl_statchkdir(const struct cl_stat *dbstat);
int cl_statfree(struct cl_stat *dbstat);
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Initialization:
<PRE>
...
struct cl_stat dbstat;
memset(&dbstat, 0, sizeof(struct cl_stat));
cl_statinidir(dbdir, &dbstat);
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To check for a change you just need to call <code>cl_statchkdir</code> and check
its return value (0 - no change, 1 - some change occured):
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if(cl_statchkdir(&dbstat) == 1) {
reload_database...;
cl_statfree(&dbstat);
cl_statinidir(cl_retdbdir(), &dbstat);
}
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Remember to reset the <code>cl_stat</code> structure after reload.
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