NAME¶

getconfent, getconfent_r - Get configuration entry

SYNOPSIS¶

char * getconfent (
 
               const char *category,
 
               const char *name,
 
               int flags);

char * getconfent_r (
 
               const char *category,
 
               const char *name,
 
               int flags,
 
               char *buffer,
 
               int bufsiz);

DESCRIPTION¶

getconfent() get the name entry from the configuration file. Every entry in the configuration file is categorized. The category parameter is its specifier. The getconfent_r() function is a re-entrant version of getconfent() using the passed buffer parameter instead of an internal static buffer. If threads are created usint the Cthread_create() interface, it is not mandatory to call getconfent_r() in order to assure thread-safe code. In that case getconfent() calls the re-entrant version internally using a buffer allocated in thread local storage.

RETURN VALUE¶

getconfent() and getconfent_r() return NULL if the entry is not found. Otherwise, it returns the matched entry. If flags is not null, the return value is a pointer to the full string matched in the configuration file. Otherwise, only the pointer to the first blank separated token is returned.

ERRORS¶

If the getconfent(), getconfent_r() function fail, serrno may be set to one of the following values:

SENOCONFIG

configuration file not found.

SEE ALSO¶

shift.conf(4), Cthread_create(3)

AUTHOR¶

LCG Grid Deployment Team