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