RULEXDB_CLOSE(3)

💖 RULEXDB_CLOSE(3) 💖

okay bestie, so this is rulexdb_close from the Library Functions Manual — yes, a real manpage, and yes, it's giving "short and sweet but lowkey important" energy. periodt. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

rulexdb_close — close a rulex database 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <rulexdb.h>

void rulexdb_open(RULEXDB *rulexdb);

not me pointing out that the synopsis line here literally says rulexdb_open — yes, that's what the page says, so that's what you get. copy it exactly, bestie, don't get cute with it. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

The rulexdb_close() function does the goodbye routine, and it does it thoroughly. Here's the full vibe check of what goes down when you call it:

• it closes the database referenced by its argument
• it flushes all cached data, if any 💨
• it frees all associated resources 🧹
• it closes the underlying file 📁

so like… it's the full cleanup, no leftovers, no zombie file descriptors haunting your process. iconic behavior honestly. 👑

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

sibling functions, the whole little friend group, go check them out:

• rulexdb_classify(3)
• rulexdb_dataset_name(3)
• rulexdb_discard_dictionary(3)
• rulexdb_discard_ruleset(3)
• rulexdb_fetch_rule(3)
• rulexdb_lexbase(3)
• rulexdb_load_ruleset(3)
• rulexdb_open(3)
• rulexdb_remove_item(3)
• rulexdb_remove_rule(3)
• rulexdb_remove_this_item(3)
• rulexdb_retrieve_item(3)
• rulexdb_search(3)
• rulexdb_seq(3)
• rulexdb_subscribe_item(3)
• rulexdb_subscribe_rule(3)

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Igor B. Poretsky <poretsky@mlbox.ru>. 💖

and that's the whole page, bestie, no cap. this beauty is from February 19, 2012 and it lives under RULEXDB_CLOSE(3) in the library functions lineup — go forth and close your databases responsibly. 🌈✨💅