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SQLITE3_FILE_CONTROL(3)    Library Functions Manual    SQLITE3_FILE_CONTROL(3)

NAME
     sqlite3_file_control - low-Level control of database files

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sqlite3.h>

     int
     sqlite3_file_control(sqlite3*, const char *zDbName, int op, void*);

DESCRIPTION
     The sqlite3_file_control() interface makes a direct call to the
     xFileControl method for the sqlite3_io_methods object associated with a
     particular database identified by the second argument.  The name of the
     database is "main" for the main database or "temp" for the TEMP database,
     or the name that appears after the AS keyword for databases that are
     added using the ATTACH SQL command.  A NULL pointer can be used in place
     of "main" to refer to the main database file.  The third and fourth
     parameters to this routine are passed directly through to the second and
     third parameters of the xFileControl method.  The return value of the
     xFileControl method becomes the return value of this routine.

     A few opcodes for sqlite3_file_control() are handled directly by the
     SQLite core and never invoke the sqlite3_io_methods.xFileControl method.
     The SQLITE_FCNTL_FILE_POINTER value for the op parameter causes a pointer
     to the underlying sqlite3_file object to be written into the space
     pointed to by the 4th parameter.  The SQLITE_FCNTL_JOURNAL_POINTER works
     similarly except that it returns the sqlite3_file object associated with
     the journal file instead of the main database.  The
     SQLITE_FCNTL_VFS_POINTER opcode returns a pointer to the underlying
     sqlite3_vfs object for the file.  The SQLITE_FCNTL_DATA_VERSION returns
     the data version counter from the pager.

     If the second parameter (zDbName) does not match the name of any open
     database file, then SQLITE_ERROR is returned.  This error code is not
     remembered and will not be recalled by sqlite3_errcode() or
     sqlite3_errmsg().  The underlying xFileControl method might also return
     SQLITE_ERROR.  There is no way to distinguish between an incorrect
     zDbName and an SQLITE_ERROR return from the underlying xFileControl
     method.

IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
     These declarations were extracted from the interface documentation at
     line 8221.

     SQLITE_API int sqlite3_file_control(sqlite3*, const char *zDbName, int op, void*);

SEE ALSO
     sqlite3_errcode(3), sqlite3_file(3), sqlite3_io_methods(3),
     sqlite3_vfs(3), SQLITE_FCNTL_LOCKSTATE(3)

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