ldap_friendly(3LDAP)					      LDAP Library Functions					      ldap_friendly(3LDAP)

NAME

       ldap_friendly, ldap_friendly_name, ldap_free_friendlymap - LDAP attribute  remapping functions

SYNOPSIS

       cc[ flag... ] file... -lldap[ library... ]
       #include <lber.h>
       #include <ldap.h>

       char *ldap_friendly_name(char *filename, char *name, FriendlyMap **map);

       void ldap_free_friendlymap(FriendlyMap **map);

DESCRIPTION

       This  function is used to map one set of strings to another.  Typically, this is done for country names, to map from the two-letter country
       codes to longer more readable names.  The mechanism is general enough to be used with other things, though.

       filename is the name of a file containing the unfriendly to friendly mapping, name is the unfriendly name to map to a  friendly	name,  and
       map  is a result-parameter that should be set to NULL on the first call.  It is then used to hold the mapping in core so that the file need
       not be read on subsequent calls.

       For example:

	       FriendlyMap *map = NULL;
	       printf( "unfriendly %s => friendly %s
", name,
		   ldap_friendly_name( "ETCDIR/ldapfriendly", name, &map ) );

       The mapping file should contain lines like this: unfriendlyname	friendlyname. Lines that begin with a '#' character are comments  and  are
       ignored.

       The  ldap_free_friendlymap()  call  is used to free structures allocated by ldap_friendly_name() when no more calls to ldap_friendly_name()
       are to be made.

ERRORS

       NULL is returned by ldap_friendly_name() if there is an error opening filename, or if the file has a bad format, or if the map parameter is
       NULL.

FILES

       ETCDIR/ldapfriendly.conf

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for a description of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       |Availability		     |SUNWcsl (32-bit)		   |
       |			     |SUNWcslx (64-bit) 	   |
       |Interface Stability	     |Evolving			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       ldap(3LDAP), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10							    27 Jan 2002 					      ldap_friendly(3LDAP)