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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.
    <PRE>
	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);
</PRE>
    Initialization:
    <PRE>
	    ...
	    struct cl_stat dbstat;

	memset(&amp;dbstat, 0, sizeof(struct cl_stat));
	cl_statinidir(dbdir, &amp;dbstat);
</PRE>
    To check for a change you just need to call <code>cl_statchkdir</code> and check
    its return value:
    <PRE>
	if(cl_statchkdir(&amp;dbstat) == 1) {
	    reload_database...;
	    cl_statfree(&amp;dbstat);
	    cl_statinidir(cl_retdbdir(), &amp;dbstat);
	}
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    Remember to reset the <code>cl_stat</code> structure after reload.

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