isbuild

create an ISAM file

SYNOPSIS

int isbuild( char * name, int dlen, IsKdsc * key, int mode );

name full path name of file to be created
dlen length of data record in bytes
key primary index description, see isam indexes
mode see open modes

RETURN

integer file identifier, starting at zero, or a negative value on failure, in which case the error code will be found in iserrno.

NOTES

if successful, isbuild will return an isam file descriptor open in the specified mode and ready for use.

please see isvbuild for thread safe handling of ISVARLEN builds.