opensolaris man page for nvlist_exists

Query: nvlist_exists

OS: opensolaris

Section: 3nvpair

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nvlist_lookup_nvpair(3NVPAIR)				 Name-value Pair Library Functions			     nvlist_lookup_nvpair(3NVPAIR)

NAME
nvlist_lookup_nvpair, nvlist_exists - lookup named pairs
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lnvpair [ library... ] #include <libnvpair.h> int nvlist_lookup_nvpair(nvlist_t *nvl, const char *name, nvpair_t **nvp); boolean_t nvlist_exists(nvlist_t *nvl, const char *name);
DESCRIPTION
The nvlist_lookup_nvpair() function returns the nvpair with the matching name, regardless of type. It is valid only for lists allocated with NV_UNIQUE_NAME. See nvlist_alloc(3NVPAIR). The nvlist_exists() function returns success if any nvpair exists with the given name. It is valid for all types of lists.
RETURN VALUES
The nvlist_lookup_nvpair() function returns 0 on success and an error value on failure. The nvlist_exists() function returns B_TRUE if an nvpair with the given name exists and B_FALSE otherwise.
ERRORS
The nvlist_lookup_nvpair() function will fail if: EINVAL There is an invalid argument. ENOENT No matching name-value pair is found. ENOTSUP The list was not allocated with NV_UNIQUE_NAME.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Committed | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |MT-Safe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
libnvpair(3LIB), nvlist_alloc(3NVPAIR), attributes(5), nvlist_lookup_nvpair(9F) SunOS 5.11 24 Oct 2007 nvlist_lookup_nvpair(3NVPAIR)
Related Man Pages
nvlist_add_uint16(3nvpair) - opensolaris
nvlist_add_byte(3nvpair) - opensolaris
nvpair_type(3nvpair) - sunos
nvlist_add_int16(3nvpair) - opensolaris
nvpair_name(3nvpair) - opensolaris
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