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LDAP_RESULT(3)          Library Functions Manual          LDAP_RESULT(3)

NAME

       ldap_result - Wait for the result of an LDAP operation

LIBRARY

       OpenLDAP LDAP (libldap, -lldap)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <ldap.h>

       int ldap_result( LDAP *ld, int msgid, int all,
            struct timeval *timeout, LDAPMessage **result );

       int ldap_msgfree( LDAPMessage *msg );

       int ldap_msgtype( LDAPMessage *msg );

       int ldap_msgid( LDAPMessage *msg );

DESCRIPTION

       The ldap_result() routine is used to wait for and return the
       result of an operation previously initiated by one of the LDAP
       asynchronous operation routines (e.g., ldap_search_ext(3),
       ldap_modify_ext(3), etc.).  Those routines all return -1 in case
       of error, and an invocation identifier upon successful initiation
       of the operation. The invocation identifier is picked by the
       library and is guaranteed to be unique across the LDAP session.
       It can be used to request the result of a specific operation from
       ldap_result() through the msgid parameter.

       The ldap_result() routine will block or not, depending upon the
       setting of the timeout parameter.  If timeout is not a NULL
       pointer,  it  specifies  a  maximum interval  to wait for the
       selection to complete.  If timeout is a NULL  pointer, the
       LDAP_OPT_TIMEOUT value set by ldap_set_option(3) is used. With
       the default setting, the  select  blocks  indefinitely.   To
       effect  a  poll,  the  timeout argument should be a non-NULL
       pointer, pointing to a zero-valued timeval structure.  To obtain
       the behavior of the default setting, bypassing any value set by
       ldap_set_option(3), set to -1 the tv_sec field of the timeout
       parameter.  See select(2) for further details.

       If the result of a specific operation is required, msgid should
       be set to the invocation identifier returned when the operation
       was initiated, otherwise LDAP_RES_ANY or LDAP_RES_UNSOLICITED
       should be supplied to wait for any or unsolicited response.

       The all parameter, if non-zero, causes ldap_result() to return
       all responses with msgid, otherwise only the next response is
       returned.  This is commonly used to obtain all the responses of a
       search operation.

       A search response is made up of zero or more search entries, zero
       or more search references, and zero or more extended partial
       responses followed by a search result.  If all is set to 0,
       search entries will be returned one at a time as they come in,
       via separate calls to ldap_result().  If it's set to 1, the
       search response will only be returned in its entirety, i.e.,
       after all entries, all references, all extended partial
       responses, and the final search result have been received.

RETURN VALUE

       Upon success, the type of the result received is returned and the
       result parameter will contain the result of the operation;
       otherwise, the result parameter is undefined.  This result should
       be passed to the LDAP parsing routines, ldap_first_message(3) and
       friends, for interpretation.

       The possible result types returned are:

            LDAP_RES_BIND (0x61)
            LDAP_RES_SEARCH_ENTRY (0x64)
            LDAP_RES_SEARCH_REFERENCE (0x73)
            LDAP_RES_SEARCH_RESULT (0x65)
            LDAP_RES_MODIFY (0x67)
            LDAP_RES_ADD (0x69)
            LDAP_RES_DELETE (0x6b)
            LDAP_RES_MODDN (0x6d)
            LDAP_RES_COMPARE (0x6f)
            LDAP_RES_EXTENDED (0x78)
            LDAP_RES_INTERMEDIATE (0x79)

       The ldap_msgfree() routine is used to free the memory allocated
       for result(s) by ldap_result() or ldap_search_ext_s(3) and
       friends.  It takes a pointer to the result or result chain to be
       freed and returns the type of the last message in the chain.  If
       the parameter is NULL, the function does nothing and returns
       zero.

       The ldap_msgtype() routine returns the type of a message.

       The ldap_msgid() routine returns the message id of a message.

ERRORS

       ldap_result() returns -1 if something bad happens, and zero if
       the timeout specified was exceeded.  ldap_msgtype() and
       ldap_msgid() return -1 on error.

SEE ALSO

       ldap(3), ldap_first_message(3), select(2)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       OpenLDAP Software is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP
       Project <http://www.openldap.org/>.  OpenLDAP Software is derived
       from the University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.

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Pages that refer to this page: ldap(3), ldap_abandon(3), ldap_add(3), ldap_bind(3), ldap_compare(3), ldap_delete(3), ldap_extended_operation(3), ldap_first_entry(3), ldap_first_message(3), ldap_first_reference(3), ldap_get_option(3), ldap_modify(3), ldap_parse_reference(3), ldap_parse_result(3), ldap_parse_sort_control(3), ldap_rename(3), ldap_search(3), ldap_sync(3), ldap.conf(5)

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