TDB_FETCH
TDB_FETCH
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3) Updated: Aug 16, 2000 Local index
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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)
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUE
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- AUTHORS
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