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<a name="File-Caching"></a>Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="Linker-Functions.html#Linker-Functions">Linker Functions</a>,
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<h3 class="section">2.16 File caching</h3>
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<p>The file caching mechanism is embedded within BFD and allows
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the application to open as many BFDs as it wants without
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regard to the underlying operating system's file descriptor
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limit (often as low as 20 open files). The module in
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<code>cache.c</code> maintains a least recently used list of
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<code>BFD_CACHE_MAX_OPEN</code> files, and exports the name
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<code>bfd_cache_lookup</code>, which runs around and makes sure that
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the required BFD is open. If not, then it chooses a file to
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close, closes it and opens the one wanted, returning its file
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handle.
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<h4 class="subsection">2.16.1 Caching functions</h4>
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<p><a name="index-bfd_005fcache_005finit-1364"></a>
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<h5 class="subsubsection">2.16.1.1 <code>bfd_cache_init</code></h5>
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<p><strong>Synopsis</strong>
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<pre class="example"> bfd_boolean bfd_cache_init (bfd *abfd);
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<p><strong>Description</strong><br>
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Add a newly opened BFD to the cache.
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<p><a name="index-bfd_005fcache_005fclose-1365"></a>
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<h5 class="subsubsection">2.16.1.2 <code>bfd_cache_close</code></h5>
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<p><strong>Synopsis</strong>
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<pre class="example"> bfd_boolean bfd_cache_close (bfd *abfd);
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<p><strong>Description</strong><br>
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Remove the BFD <var>abfd</var> from the cache. If the attached file is open,
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then close it too.
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<p><strong>Returns</strong><br>
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<code>FALSE</code> is returned if closing the file fails, <code>TRUE</code> is
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returned if all is well.
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<p><a name="index-bfd_005fcache_005fclose_005fall-1366"></a>
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<h5 class="subsubsection">2.16.1.3 <code>bfd_cache_close_all</code></h5>
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<p><strong>Synopsis</strong>
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<pre class="example"> bfd_boolean bfd_cache_close_all (void);
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<p><strong>Description</strong><br>
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Remove all BFDs from the cache. If the attached file is open,
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then close it too.
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<p><strong>Returns</strong><br>
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<code>FALSE</code> is returned if closing one of the file fails, <code>TRUE</code> is
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returned if all is well.
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<p><a name="index-bfd_005fopen_005ffile-1367"></a>
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<h5 class="subsubsection">2.16.1.4 <code>bfd_open_file</code></h5>
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<p><strong>Synopsis</strong>
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<pre class="example"> FILE* bfd_open_file (bfd *abfd);
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<p><strong>Description</strong><br>
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Call the OS to open a file for <var>abfd</var>. Return the <code>FILE *</code>
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(possibly <code>NULL</code>) that results from this operation. Set up the
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BFD so that future accesses know the file is open. If the <code>FILE *</code>
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returned is <code>NULL</code>, then it won't have been put in the
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cache, so it won't have to be removed from it.
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