* imdb_init() :

* renamed to imdb_create()
  * changed signature

src/database.c

@@ -37,30 +37,28 @@
 
 const char *imdb_hdr_fmt = "IMDB v%02u, CAPS: %s;";
 
-int imdb_init(imdb_db_t *db, const char *path)
+bool
-{
+imdb_create(const char *path) {
   ssize_t bytes = 0;
   unsigned char buf[IMDB_REC_LEN];
+  const char *caps = "M-R";
+  bool result = false;
+  int fd = -1;
 
   memset(buf, 0x0, sizeof(char) * IMDB_REC_LEN);
 
-  if ((db->fd = open(path, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, 0644)) == -1) {
+  if ((fd = creat(path, 0644)) < 0)
-    db->errstr = strerror(errno);
+    return result;
-    return -1;
-  }
 
-  snprintf((char *) buf, IMDB_REC_LEN, imdb_hdr_fmt, IMDB_VERSION, "M-R");
+  snprintf((char *) buf, IMDB_REC_LEN, imdb_hdr_fmt, IMDB_VERSION, caps);
-  DB_WRITE(db, buf, IMDB_REC_LEN, 0);
 
-  close(db->fd);
+  bytes = pwrite(fd, buf, IMDB_REC_LEN, 0);
-  db->fd = -1;
+  if (bytes == IMDB_REC_LEN)
+    result = true; /* success */
 
-  if (bytes != IMDB_REC_LEN) {
+  close(fd);
-    db->errstr = "Can't write database header";
-    return -1;
-  }
 
-  return 0;
+  return result;
 }
 
 int imdb_open(imdb_db_t *db, const char *path, int write)

src/database.h

@@ -98,7 +98,15 @@ int imdb_write_rec(imdb_db_t *db, imdb_rec_t *rec);
 int imdb_read_blk (imdb_db_t *db, imdb_block_t *blk);
 int imdb_write_blk(imdb_db_t *db, imdb_block_t *blk);
 
-int imdb_init (imdb_db_t *db, const char *path);
+/**
+ * @brief Creates empty database at given path
+ * @param path Where to create database
+ * @returns true on success, and false on error
+ * @note See errno value for details
+ * @todo 2nd arg: caps
+ */
+bool imdb_create(const char *path);
+
 int imdb_open  (imdb_db_t *db, const char *path, int write);
 int imdb_close (imdb_db_t *db);
 

src/imdb-write.c

@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
       }
       break;
     case init :
-      if (imdb_init(&db, db_path) == -1) {
+      if (!imdb_create(db_path)) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "database init: %s\n", db.errstr);
+        fprintf(stderr, "database init: %s\n", strerror(errno));
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
       }
       break;