.TH LDAP_RESULT 3 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
.\" $OpenLDAP$
-.\" Copyright 1998-2003 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
+.\" Copyright 1998-2012 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
of the \fItimeout\fP parameter.
If timeout is not a NULL pointer, it specifies a maximum
interval to wait for the selection to complete. If timeout
-is a NULL pointer, the select blocks indefinitely. To
+is a NULL pointer, the LDAP_OPT_TIMEOUT value set by
+.BR ldap_set_option (3)
+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
.LP
A search response is made up of zero or
more search entries, zero or more search references, and zero or
-more extended parital responses followed by a search result. If
+more extended partial responses followed by a search result. If
\fIall\fP is set to 0, search entries will be returned one at a
time as they come in, via separate calls to
.BR ldap_result() .
If it's set to 1, the search
response will only be returned in its entirety, i.e., after all entries,
-all references, all extended parital responses, and the final search
+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. This
+\fIresult\fP parameter will contain the result of the operation;
+otherwise, the \fIresult\fP parameter is undefined. This
result should be passed to the LDAP parsing routines,
.BR ldap_first_message (3)
and friends, for interpretation.
LDAP_RES_MODDN (0x6d)
LDAP_RES_COMPARE (0x6f)
LDAP_RES_EXTENDED (0x78)
- LDAP_RES_EXTENDED_PARTIAL (0x79)
+ LDAP_RES_INTERMEDIATE (0x79)
.fi
.LP
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.
+.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.
+If the parameter is NULL, the function does nothing and returns zero.
.LP
The
.B ldap_msgtype()
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
-.B OpenLDAP
-is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project (http://www.openldap.org/).
-.B OpenLDAP
-is derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.
+.so ../Project
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