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DB->fd()
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## DB->fd()

    #include <db.h>

    int
    DB->fd(DB *db, int *fdp);

The `DB->fd()` method provides access to a file descriptor representative of the underlying database. A file descriptor referring to the same file will be returned to all processes that call DB->open() with the same file parameter.

This file descriptor may be safely used as a parameter to the fcntl(2) and flock(2) locking functions.

The `DB->fd()` method only supports a coarse-grained form of locking. Applications should instead use the Berkeley DB lock manager where possible.

The `DB->fd()` method returns a non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success.

### Parameters

#### fdp

The fdp parameter references memory into which the current file descriptor is copied.

### Class

DB

### See Also

Database and Related Methods

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