NAME

mdex_tree_hash - create hash of merkle tree root

LIBRARY

Librecast library (liblibrecast, -llibrecast)

SYNOPSIS

#include <librecast/mdex.h>

int mdex_tree_hash(unsigned char *hash, size_t hashlen, mtree_t *mtree, size_t n);

Compile and link with -llibrecast.

DESCRIPTION

The mdex_tree_hash function creates a hash of length hashlen from the root node of mtree with key n. This is used to index an mtree in several parts, and to distinguish the root node from the first data node when nodes = 1.

RETURN VALUE

The mdex_tree_hash() returns zero on success. On error, -1 is returned.

SEE ALSO

hash_generic_key(3), mdex_init(3), mdex_free(3), mdex_get(3), mdex_put(3), mdex_del(3), lc_share(3)