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+/* db.h: lookups in an externally built db file.
+
+Copyright (C) 1994, 95 Karl Berry.
+
+This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+Library General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+#ifndef KPATHSEA_DB_H
+#define KPATHSEA_DB_H
+
+#include <kpathsea/c-proto.h>
+#include <kpathsea/types.h>
+#include <kpathsea/str-list.h>
+
+/* Initialize the database.  Until this is called, no ls-R matches will
+   be found.  */
+extern void kpse_init_db P1H(void);
+
+/* Return list of matches for NAME in the ls-R file matching PATH_ELT.  If
+   ALL is set, return (null-terminated list) of all matches, else just
+   the first.  If no matches, return a pointer to an empty list.  If no
+   databases can be read, or PATH_ELT is not in any of the databases,
+   return NULL.  */
+extern str_list_type *kpse_db_search P3H(const_string name, 
+                                         const_string path_elt, boolean all);
+
+/* Insert the filename FNAME into the database.
+   Called by MakeTeXPK et al.  */
+extern void kpse_db_insert P1H(const_string fname);
+
+#endif /* not KPATHSEA_DB_H */