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LDAP_FIRST_ATTRIBUTE(3)   Library Functions Manual   LDAP_FIRST_ATTRIBUTE(3)

NAME         top

       ldap_first_attribute,  ldap_next_attribute  - step through LDAP entry
       attributes

LIBRARY         top

       OpenLDAP LDAP (libldap, -lldap)

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <ldap.h>
       char *ldap_first_attribute(
            LDAP *ld, LDAPMessage *entry, BerElement **berptr )
       char *ldap_next_attribute(
            LDAP *ld, LDAPMessage *entry, BerElement *ber )

DESCRIPTION         top

       The ldap_first_attribute() and ldap_next_attribute() routines are
       used to step through the attributes in an LDAP entry.
       ldap_first_attribute() takes an entry as returned by
       ldap_first_entry(3) or ldap_next_entry(3) and returns a pointer to
       character string containing the first attribute description in the
       entry.  ldap_next_attribute() returns the next attribute description
       in the entry.
       It also returns, in berptr, a pointer to a BerElement it has
       allocated to keep track of its current position.  This pointer should
       be passed to subsequent calls to ldap_next_attribute() and is used to
       effectively step through the entry's attributes.  The caller is
       solely responsible for freeing the BerElement pointed to by berptr
       when it is no longer needed by calling ber_free(3).  When calling
       ber_free(3) in this instance, be sure the second argument is 0.
       The attribute names returned are suitable for inclusion in a call to
       ldap_get_values(3) to retrieve the attribute's values.

ERRORS         top

       If an error occurs, NULL is returned and the ld_errno field in the ld
       parameter is set to indicate the error.  See ldap_error(3) for a
       description of possible error codes.

NOTES         top

       The ldap_first_attribute() and ldap_next_attribute() return
       dynamically allocated memory that must be freed by the caller via
       ldap_memfree(3).

SEE ALSO         top

       ldap(3), ldap_first_entry(3), ldap_get_values(3), ldap_error(3)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS         top

       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.

COLOPHON         top

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Pages that refer to this page: ldap(3)ldap_first_entry(3)ldap_get_values(3)ldap_sync(3)