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)