tdb_fetch

Langue: en

Version: 279607 (debian - 07/07/09)

Section: 3 (Bibliothèques de fonctions)

Sommaire

NAME

tdb_fetch - fetch a record from a tdb database

SYNOPSIS

 #include <tdb.h>
 
 TDB_DATA tdb_fetch(TDB_CONTEXT *tdb, TDB_DATA key);
 

DESCRIPTION

Fetch the record from the tdb database whose key matches key , a lump of data that is used as the index into the database.

The TDB_DATA structure used for both the key and the return value is defined as:

 typedef struct {
         char *dptr;
         size_t dsize;
 } TDB_DATA;

RETURN VALUE

If the call succeeds, then a TDB_DATA structure is returned with the dptr structure filled in. If the call fails then dptr will be set to NULL.

NOTE: The caller is responsible for freeing the data pointed to by dptr.

AUTHORS

Software: Andrew Tridgell <tridge@linuxcare.com> and Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Man page: Ben Woodard <ben@valinux.com>

SEE ALSO

gdbm(3), tdb(3)