Pure C library for IRBIS64 system

Universal client software for IRBIS64 library automation system (ManagedClient ported to plain C90).

Features

• Contains no references for external components. Doesn’t require irbis64_client.dll.
• Can be compiled as static library (.lib or .a) and as dynamic library (.dll or .so).
• Supports both simple and complex search for database records with optional formatting.
• Supports records creation and/or modification. Database records can be updated too.
• Support for database dictionary listing for terms and postings.
• Administrator functions: get list of (active) users, create/delete user, create/delete database and so on.

Supported platforms

• 32-bit and 64-bit Windows (XP, 7, 8, 8.1, 10);
• MacOS X 10.14 (64-bit);
• 32-bit and 64-bit Linux (CentOS 7/8);
• 64-bit FreeBSD (starting with version 11);

Supported compilers

• MSVS 2013/2015/2017/2019 Community Edition on Windows;
• MSVS 2008 Professional on Windows;
• GCC 4.8 or higher both on Windows (MinGW) and Linux/OS X;
• Clang compiler 9 both on Windows and Linux;
• Open Watcom 1.9 on Windows;
• Intel C compiler 19 on Windows, Linux/OS X.

Simple example

#include "magna/irbis.h"

int main (int argc, char **argv)
{
    Connection connection;
    am_mfn maxMfn;

    printf ("Library version: %d\n", magna_version());

    connection_init (&connection);
    connection_set_host     (&connection, "localhost");
    connection_set_username (&connection, "librarian");
    connection_set_password (&connection, "secret");
    connection_set_database (&connection, "IBIS");
    connection.workstation = CATALOGER;
    connection.port = 6666;

    if (!irbis_connect (&connection)) {
        fputs ("Connection failed", stderr);
        connection_destroy (&connection);
        return 1;
    }

    maxMfn = connection_get_max_mfn (&connection, NULL);
    printf ("Max MFN=%u\n", maxMfn);

    irbis_disconnect (&connection);
    connection_destroy (&connection);

    return 0;
}

Build status

Documentation (in russian)

• Introduction
• Connection structure
• MarcRecord, MarcField and SubField structures