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PRFileMap
Type returned by {ref}PR_CreateFileMap and passed to {ref}PR_MemMap and
{ref}PR_CloseFileMap.
Syntax
#include <prio.h>
typedef struct PRFileMap PRFileMap;
Description
The opaque structure {ref}PRFileMap represents a memory-mapped file
object. Before actually mapping a file to memory, you must create a
memory-mapped file object by calling {ref}PR_CreateFileMap, which returns
a pointer to {ref}PRFileMap. Then sections of the file can be mapped into
memory by passing the {ref}PRFileMap pointer to {ref}PR_MemMap. The
memory-mapped file object is closed by passing the {ref}PRFileMap pointer
to {ref}PR_CloseFileMap.