optionFindValue(3)						Programmer's Manual						optionFindValue(3)

NAME

       optionFindValue - find a hierarcicaly valued option instance

SYNOPSIS

       #include <your-opts.h>
       cc [...] -o outfile infile.c -lopts [...]

       const tOptionValue* optionFindValue(const tOptDesc* pOptDesc, char const* name, char const* value);

DESCRIPTION

       This routine will find an entry in a nested value option or configurable.  It will search through the list and return a matching entry.

       pOptDesc
	      an option with a nested arg type

       name   name of value to find

       value  the matching value

RETURN VALUE

       a compound value structure

ERRORS

       The returned result is NULL and errno is set:

       EINVAL - the pOptValue does not point to a valid hierarchical option value.

       ENOENT - no entry matched the given name.  @end itemize

SEE ALSO

       The info documentation for the -lopts library.
       ao_string_tokenize(3),  configFileLoad(3),  optionFileLoad(3), optionFindNextValue(3), optionFree(3), optionGetValue(3), optionLoadLine(3),
       optionNextValue(3), optionOnlyUsage(3), optionProcess(3), optionRestore(3), optionSaveFile(3),  optionSaveState(3),  optionUnloadNested(3),
       optionVersion(3), pathfind(3), strequate(3), streqvcmp(3), streqvmap(3), strneqvcmp(3), strtransform(3),

								    2010-07-05							optionFindValue(3)