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.TH "CMAP_OVERVIEW" 3 "03/02/2012" "corosync Man Page" "Corosync Cluster Engine Programmer's Manual"

.SH NAME
.P
cmap_overview \- Overview of the Configuration Map

.SH OVERVIEW
.P
The CMAP library is used to interact with the configuration & statistics databases used by corosync.

.PP
The library provides a mechanism to:
.PP
* Create of new keys
.PP
* Change existing keys
.PP
* Remove keys
.PP
* Iterate keys with given prefix
.PP
* Track changes on keys

Description of most keys created by corosync itself can be found in cmap_keys (7).

.SH BUGS
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR cmap_initialize (3),
.BR cmap_initialize_map (3),
.BR cmap_finalize (3),
.BR cmap_get (3),
.BR cmap_set (3),
.BR cmap_delete (3),
.BR cmap_inc (3),
.BR cmap_dec (3),
.BR cmap_fd_get (3),
.BR cmap_dispatch (3),
.BR cmap_context_set (3),
.BR cmap_context_get (3),
.BR cmap_iter_init (3),
.BR cmap_iter_next (3),
.BR cmap_iter_finalize (3),
.BR cmap_track_add (3),
.BR cmap_track_delete (3),
.BR cmap_keys (7)