.TH LDAP_EXTENDED_OPERATION 3 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
.\" $OpenLDAP$
-.\" Copyright 1998-2006 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
+.\" Copyright 1998-2011 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
.\" Copying restrictions apply. See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE.
.SH NAME
ldap_extended_operation, ldap_extended_operation_s \- Extends the LDAP operations to the LDAP server.
.SH LIBRARY
-OpenLDAP LDAP (libldap, -lldap)
+OpenLDAP LDAP (libldap, \-lldap)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.ft B
const struct berval *\fIrequestdata\fB,
LDAPControl **\fIsctrls\fB,
LDAPControl **\fIcctrls\fB,
-char **\fIretoidp\fB;
+char **\fIretoidp\fB,
struct berval **\fIretdatap\fB );
.RE
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B ldap_extended_operation_s()
routine is used to synchronously perform an LDAP extended operation.
-It takes \fIrequestoid\fP, which points to a dotted OID text string identifying
-the extended operation to perform. \fIrequestdata\fP is the data required for the
-operation, \fIseverctrls\fP is an array of LDAPControl structures to use with this
-extended operation,\fIclientctrls\fP is an array of LDAPControl structures that list
-the client controls to use with this extended operation .The input parameter
-\fIretoidp\fP points to a dotted-OID text string returned by the LDAP server.
-The memory used by the string should be freed with the ldap_memfree function.
-retdatap is an output parameter which points to a pointer to a berval structure
-that contains the returned data. If no data is returned, the server set this
-to NULL. The memory used by this structure should be freed with the ber_bvfree
+It takes \fIrequestoid\fP, which points to a dotted-decimal OID string
+identifying the extended operation to perform. \fIrequestdata\fP is the
+data required for the request, \fIsctrls\fP is an array of LDAPControl
+structures to use with this extended operation, \fIcctrls\fP is an array
+of LDAPControl structures that list the client controls to use with
+this extended operation.
+.LP
+The output parameter \fIretoidp\fP points to a dotted-decimal OID
+string returned by the LDAP server. The memory used by the string
+should be freed with the
+.BR ldap_memfree (3)
+function.
+The output parameter \fIretdatap\fP points to a pointer to a berval
+structure that contains the returned data. If no data is returned
+by the server, the pointer is set this to NULL. The memory used by
+this structure should be freed with the
+.BR ber_bvfree (3)
function.
.LP
The
.B ldap_extended_operation()
works just like
.BR ldap_extended_operation_s() ,
-but the operation is asynchornous. It provides the message id of
+but the operation is asynchronous. It provides the message id of
the request it initiated in the integer pointed to be \fImsgidp\fP.
The result of this operation can be obtained by calling
.BR ldap_result(3).
.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR ldap_result (3),
-.BR ldap_parse_extended_result (3)
+.BR ber_bvfree (3),
+.BR ldap_memfree (3),
+.BR ldap_parse_extended_result (3),
+.BR ldap_result (3)
.SH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
.so ../Project