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diff --git a/mmap.html b/mmap.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a0fb98f --- /dev/null +++ b/mmap.html @@ -0,0 +1,306 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> +<HTML> +<HEAD> +<TITLE>mmap.rd</TITLE> +</HEAD> +<BODY> +<H1><A NAME="label:0">Mmap +</A></H1><!-- RDLabel: "Mmap" --> +<P> +<A HREF="ftp://moulon.inra.fr/pub/ruby/">Download</A> +</P> +<P> +The Mmap class implement memory-mapped file objects +</P> +<H3><A NAME="label:1">WARNING +</A></H3><!-- RDLabel: "WARNING" --> +<P> +<EM>The variables $' and $` are not available with gsub! and sub!</EM> +</P> +<H2><A NAME="label:2">SuperClass +</A></H2><!-- RDLabel: "SuperClass" --> +<P> +Object +</P> +<H2><A NAME="label:3">Included Modules +</A></H2><!-- RDLabel: "Included Modules" --> +<UL> +<LI>Comparable +<LI>Enumerable +</UL> +<H2><A NAME="label:4">Class Methods +</A></H2><!-- RDLabel: "Class Methods" --> +<DL> +<DT><A NAME="new"><CODE>new(<var>file</var>, [<var>mode</var> [, <var>protection</var> [, <var>options</var>]]])</CODE></A><!-- RDLabel: "new" --> +<DD> +<P> +create a new object +</P> + +<DL> +<DT><A NAME="label:7"><VAR>file</VAR> +</A><!-- RDLabel: "file" --> +<DD> +<P> +Pathname of the file +</P> +</DD> +<DT><A NAME="label:8"><VAR>mode</VAR> +</A><!-- RDLabel: "mode" --> +<DD> +<P> +Mode to open the file, it can be "r", "w" or "rw" +</P> +</DD> +<DT><A NAME="label:9"><VAR>protection</VAR> +</A><!-- RDLabel: "protection" --> +<DD> +<P> +specify the nature of the mapping +</P> + +<DL> +<DT><A NAME="label:11"><VAR>Mmap::MAP_SHARED</VAR> +</A><!-- RDLabel: "Mmap::MAP_SHARED" --> +<DD> +<P> +Creates a mapping that's shared with all other processes +mapping the same areas of the file. +The default value is <VAR>Mmap::MAP_SHARED</VAR> +</P> +</DD> +<DT><A NAME="label:12"><VAR>Mmap::MAP_PRIVATE</VAR> +</A><!-- RDLabel: "Mmap::MAP_PRIVATE" --> +<DD> +<P> +Creates a private copy-on-write mapping, so changes to the +contents of the mmap object will be private to this process +</P> +</DD> +</DL> +</DD> +<DT><A NAME="label:10"><VAR>options</VAR> +</A><!-- RDLabel: "options" --> +<DD> +<P> +Hash. If one of the options <VAR>length</VAR> or <VAR>offset</VAR> +is specified it will not possible to modify the size of +the mapped file. +</P> + +<DL> +<DT><A NAME="label:13"><VAR>length</VAR> +</A><!-- RDLabel: "length" --> +<DD> +<P> +Maps <VAR>length</VAR> bytes from the file +</P> +</DD> +<DT><A NAME="label:14"><VAR>offset</VAR> +</A><!-- RDLabel: "offset" --> +<DD> +<P> +The mapping begin at <VAR>offset</VAR> +</P> +</DD> +<DT><A NAME="label:15"><VAR>advice</VAR> +</A><!-- RDLabel: "advice" --> +<DD> +<P> +The type of the access (see #madvise) +</P> +</DD> +</DL> +</DD> +</DL> +</DD> +</DL> +<H2><A NAME="label:5">Methods +</A></H2><!-- RDLabel: "Methods" --> +<DL> +<DT><A NAME="extend"><CODE>extend(<var>count</var>)</CODE></A><!-- RDLabel: "extend" --> +<DD> +<P> +add <VAR>count</VAR> bytes to the file (i.e. pre-extend the file) +</P> +</DD> +<DT><A NAME="madvise"><CODE>madvise(<var>advice</var>)</CODE></A><!-- RDLabel: "madvise" --> +<DD> +<P> +<VAR>advice</VAR> can have the value <VAR>Mmap::MADV_NORMAL</VAR>, +<VAR>Mmap::MADV_RANDOM</VAR>, <VAR>Mmap::MADV_SEQUENTIAL</VAR>, +<VAR>Mmap::MADV_WILLNEED</VAR>, <VAR>Mmap::MADV_DONTNEED</VAR> +</P> +</DD> +<DT><A NAME="mprotect"><CODE>mprotect(<var>mode</var>)</CODE></A><!-- RDLabel: "mprotect" --> +<DD> +<P> +change the mode, value must be "r", "w" or "rw" +</P> +</DD> +<DT><A NAME="msync"><CODE>msync</CODE></A><!-- RDLabel: "msync" --> +<DT><A NAME="flush"><CODE>flush</CODE></A><!-- RDLabel: "flush" --> +<DD> +<P> +flush the file +</P> +</DD> +<DT><A NAME="munmap"><CODE>munmap</CODE></A><!-- RDLabel: "munmap" --> +<DD> +<P> +terminate the association +</P> +</DD> +</DL> +<H3><A NAME="label:6">Other methods with the same syntax than the methods of <VAR>String</VAR> +</A></H3><!-- RDLabel: "Other methods with the same syntax than the methods ofString" --> +<P> +self == other +</P> +<P> +self > other +</P> +<P> +self >= other +</P> +<P> +self < other +</P> +<P> +self <= other +</P> +<P> +self === other +</P> +<P> +self << other +</P> +<P> +self =~ other +</P> +<P> +self[nth] +</P> +<P> +self[start..last] +</P> +<P> +self[start, length] +</P> +<P> +self[nth] = val +</P> +<P> +self[start..last] = val +</P> +<P> +self[start, len] = val +</P> +<P> +self <=> other +</P> +<P> +<<(other) +</P> +<P> +concat(other) +</P> +<P> +capitalize! +</P> +<P> +chop! +</P> +<P> +chomp!([rs]) +</P> +<P> +crypt(salt) +</P> +<P> +delete!(str) +</P> +<P> +downcase! +</P> +<P> +each_byte {|char|...} +</P> +<P> +each([rs]) {|line|...} +</P> +<P> +each_line([rs]) {|line|...} +</P> +<P> +empty? +</P> +<P> +freeze +</P> +<P> +frozen +</P> +<P> +gsub!(pattern, replace) +</P> +<P> +gsub!(pattern) {...} +</P> +<P> +include?(other) +</P> +<P> +index(substr[, pos]) +</P> +<P> +length +</P> +<P> +reverse! +</P> +<P> +rindex(substr[, pos]) +</P> +<P> +scan(pattern) +</P> +<P> +scan(pattern) {...} +</P> +<P> +size +</P> +<P> +split([sep[, limit]]) +</P> +<P> +squeeze!([str]) +</P> +<P> +strip! +</P> +<P> +sub!(pattern, replace) +</P> +<P> +sub!(pattern) {...} +</P> +<P> +sum([bits]) +</P> +<P> +swapcase! +</P> +<P> +tr!(search, replace) +</P> +<P> +tr_s!(search, replace) +</P> +<P> +upcase! +</P> + +</BODY> +</HTML> |