# <pathb>.main
# <pathb>.lock
# <pathb>.cdb
- # <pathb>.log
+ # <pathb>.jrn
# <pathb>.tmp (might be new .main or new .cdb)
# invariants:
# .lock is an empty file
# .cdb is a cdb database containing data
# equivalent to and at least as recent as .main
# (maybe not identical, because .cdb may
- # have been updated with data from .log but
- # .main not yet); if .log does not exist then
+ # have been updated with data from .jrn but
+ # .main not yet); if .jrn does not exist then
# they are identical)
# .cdb may not exist; in which case it is to
# be treated as if it existed and was empty
# but this is maximally early (so main must
# exist and be empty since .main is never
# newer than .cdb)
- # if .log exists, it is a cdb native
+ # if .jrn exists, it is a cdb native
# text file _without the trailing newline_;
# its contents override values from .main or .cdb
# if .main.tmp or .cdb.tmp exists it is irrelevant
- # zero length values mean record is deleted (in .log only;
+ # zero length values mean record is deleted (in .jrn only;
# forbidden elsewhere)
# while db is open:
# .lock is locked
- # .log and open hash table contain same info
+ # .jrn and open hash table contain same info
open 0
pathb string
on_info obj