Data Management

7: Data Management 

Managing Memory 

• Simple Memory Allocation 
• Allocating Lots of Memory
• Abusing Memory
• The Null Pointer 
• Freeing Memory 
• Other Memory Allocation Functions 

File Locking 

• Creating Lock Files 
• Locking Regions 
• Use of read and write with Locking 
• Competing Locks 
• Other Lock Commands 
• Deadlocks 

Databases 

• The dbm Database 
• The dbm Routines
• dbm Access Functions 
• Additional dbm Functions

The CD Application 

• Updating the Design 
• The CD Database Application Using dbm