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LDAP_FIRST_ENTRY(3)      Library Functions Manual     LDAP_FIRST_ENTRY(3)
       ldap_first_entry, ldap_next_entry, ldap_count_entries - LDAP
       result entry parsing and counting routines
       OpenLDAP LDAP (libldap, -lldap)
       #include <ldap.h>
       int ldap_count_entries( LDAP *ld, LDAPMessage *result )
       LDAPMessage *ldap_first_entry( LDAP *ld, LDAPMessage *result )
       LDAPMessage *ldap_next_entry( LDAP *ld, LDAPMessage *entry )
       These routines are used to parse results received from
       ldap_result(3) or the synchronous LDAP search operation routines
       ldap_search_s(3) and ldap_search_st(3).
       The ldap_first_entry() routine is used to retrieve the first entry
       in a chain of search results.  It takes the result as returned by
       a call to ldap_result(3) or ldap_search_s(3) or ldap_search_st(3)
       and returns a pointer to the first entry in the result.
       This pointer should be supplied on a subsequent call to
       ldap_next_entry() to get the next entry, the result of which
       should be supplied to the next call to ldap_next_entry(), etc.
       ldap_next_entry() will return NULL when there are no more entries.
       The entries returned from these calls are used in calls to the
       routines described in ldap_get_dn(3), ldap_first_attribute(3),
       ldap_get_values(3), etc.
       A count of the number of entries in the search result can be
       obtained by calling ldap_count_entries().
       If an error occurs in ldap_first_entry() or ldap_next_entry(),
       NULL is returned and the ld_errno field in the ld parameter is set
       to indicate the error.  If an error occurs in
       ldap_count_entries(), -1 is returned, and ld_errno is set
       appropriately.  See ldap_error(3) for a description of possible
       error codes.
       ldap(3), ldap_result(3), ldap_search(3), ldap_first_attribute(3),
       ldap_get_values(3), ldap_get_dn(3)
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OpenLDAP LDVERSION             RELEASEDATE            LDAP_FIRST_ENTRY(3)
Pages that refer to this page: ldap(3), ldap_first_attribute(3), ldap_first_message(3), ldap_get_dn(3), ldap_get_values(3)