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 * Author: Archie Cobbs <archie@packetdesign.com>
 */

#ifndef _PDEL_SYS_LOGFILE_H_
#define _PDEL_SYS_LOGFILE_H_

/*
 * Support for on-disk circular log files. Each file contains the
 * N most recent entries, where an entry is any opaque chunk of
 * data supplied by the application. New entries overwrite the
 * oldest entries in a circular fashion.
 */

struct logfile;

__BEGIN_DECLS

/*
 * Open/create a new logfile.
 *
 * "maxent" sets the maximum number of entries the file can hold.
 * "maxdata" sets the maximum amount of entry data the file can
 * hold.
 *
 * The size of the file will be approx.: maxdata + (8 * maxent) + 20
 *
 * If "path" already exists, it must be a valid logfile and the
 * "maxent" and "maxdata" arguments are ignored.
 *
 * "flags" may be zero, O_SHLOCK or O_EXLOCK.
 *
 * If "path" is NULL, a memory-only logfile is created.
 */
extern struct	logfile *logfile_open(const char *path,
			int flags, u_int32_t maxent, u_int32_t maxdata);

/*
 * Close a logfile.
 */
extern void	logfile_close(struct logfile **lfp);

/*
 * Get the number of valid entries in a logfile.
 */
extern u_int32_t logfile_num_entries(struct logfile *lf);

/*
 * Retrieve a logfile entry.
 *
 * "which" must be a negative number.
 *
 * Entry -1 is the most recent, -2 the second most recent, etc.
 * If "lenp" is not NULL, the length of the entry is returned.
 */
extern const	void *logfile_get(struct logfile *lf, int which, int *lenp);

/*
 * Add an entry.
 */
extern int	logfile_put(struct logfile *lf, const void *data, int len);

/*
 * Trim the number of stored entries.
 */
extern void	logfile_trim(struct logfile *lf, int num);

/*
 * Sync entries to disk.
 */
extern void	logfile_sync(struct logfile *lf);

__END_DECLS

#endif	/* _PDEL_SYS_LOGFILE_H_ */

