debian man page for tdb_fetch

Query: tdb_fetch

OS: debian

Section: 3

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TDB_FETCH(3)						     Linux Programmer's Manual						      TDB_FETCH(3)

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) Samba Aug 16, 2000 TDB_FETCH(3)
Related Man Pages
tdb_firstkey(3) - debian
tdbbackup(8) - suse
tdb(3) - centos
tdb(3) - suse
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