.TH LDAP_RESULT 3 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
.\" $OpenLDAP$
-.\" Copyright 1998-2007 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
+.\" Copyright 1998-2011 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
.\" Copying restrictions apply. See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE.
.SH NAME
ldap_result \- Wait for the result of an LDAP operation
.SH LIBRARY
-OpenLDAP LDAP (libldap, -lldap)
+OpenLDAP LDAP (libldap, \-lldap)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.ft B
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.,
-.BR ldap_search (3),
-.BR ldap_modify (3),
-etc.). Those routines all return -1 in case of error, and an
+.BR ldap_search_ext (3),
+.BR 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
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. See
+pointer, pointing to a zero-valued timeval structure.
+To obtain the behavior of the default setting, bypassing any value set by
+.BR ldap_set_option (3),
+set to -1 the \fItv_sec\fP field of the \fItimeout\fP parameter.
+See
.BR select (2)
for further details.
.LP
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.
-.LP
+.SH RETURN VALUE
Upon success, the type of the result received is returned and the
\fIresult\fP parameter will contain the result of the operation;
otherwise, the \fIresult\fP parameter is undefined. This
result(s) by
.B ldap_result()
or
-.BR ldap_search_s (3)
+.BR 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.
routine returns the message id of a message.
.SH ERRORS
.B ldap_result()
-returns -1 if something bad happens, and zero if the
+returns \-1 if something bad happens, and zero if the
timeout specified was exceeded.
.B ldap_msgtype()
and
.B ldap_msgid()
-return -1 on error.
+return \-1 on error.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ldap (3),
-.BR ldap_search (3),
.BR ldap_first_message (3),
.BR select (2)
.SH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS