open-persistent-store

Name

open-persistent-store -- Opens an existing store

Type: function

Synopsis

open-persistent-store( path, pstore);

Arguments

path

An instance of <string> denoting the path to the backing store file.

Return Values

pstore

An instance of <persistent-store>.

Description

This function opens a backing store file and prepares it for access. The file is opened for writing, and is locked in exclusive mode.

If another process (or this process) already has the file open in exclusive mode, then an error is signalled.