lix/src/globals.hh
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#ifndef __GLOBALS_H
#define __GLOBALS_H
#include <string>
using namespace std;
/* Database names. */
/* dbRefs :: Hash -> Path
Maintains a mapping from hashes to paths. This is what we use to
resolve CHash(hash) content descriptors. */
extern string dbRefs;
/* dbNFs :: Hash -> Hash
Each pair (h1, h2) in this mapping records the fact that the normal
form of an expression with hash h1 is Hash(h2).
TODO: maybe this should be that the normal form of an expression
with hash h1 is an expression with hash h2; this would be more
general, but would require us to store lots of small expressions in
the file system just to support the caching mechanism.
*/
extern string dbNFs;
/* dbNetSources :: Hash -> URL
Each pair (hash, url) in this mapping states that the value
identified by hash can be obtained by fetching the value pointed
to by url.
TODO: this should be Hash -> [URL]
TODO: factor this out into a separate tool? */
extern string dbNetSources;
/* Path names. */
/* nixStore is the directory where we generally store atomic and
derived files. */
extern string nixStore;
/* nixLogDir is the directory where we log various operations. */
extern string nixLogDir;
/* nixDB is the file name of the Berkeley DB database where we
maintain the dbXXX mappings. */
extern string nixDB;
/* Initialize the databases. */
void initDB();
#endif /* !__GLOBALS_H */