.TH LDAP_RESULT 3 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
.\" $OpenLDAP$
-.\" Copyright 1998-2002 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
+.\" Copyright 1998-2003 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)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.ft B
The
.B ldap_msgfree()
routine is used to free the memory allocated for
-a result by
+result(s) by
.B ldap_result()
or
.BR ldap_search_s (3)
-and friends. It takes
-a pointer to the result to be freed and returns the type of the
-message it freed.
+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.
.LP
The
.B ldap_msgtype()
.BR ldap_first_message (3),
.BR select (2)
.SH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-.B OpenLDAP
+.B OpenLDAP
is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project (http://www.openldap.org/).
-.B OpenLDAP
+.B OpenLDAP
is derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.