From 71ba10ed201d6372546164e0ca6871d62de9b070 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kurt Zeilenga Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 20:40:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify memory usage --- doc/man/man3/ldap_first_attribute.3 | 13 ++++++------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/man/man3/ldap_first_attribute.3 b/doc/man/man3/ldap_first_attribute.3 index 52716a6ca7..124fcc4632 100644 --- a/doc/man/man3/ldap_first_attribute.3 +++ b/doc/man/man3/ldap_first_attribute.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH LDAP_FIRST_ATTRIBUTE 3 "22 September 1998" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION" +.TH LDAP_FIRST_ATTRIBUTE 3 "4 October 2000" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION" .\" $OpenLDAP$ .\" Copyright 1998-2000 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved. .\" Copying restrictions apply. See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE. @@ -34,11 +34,10 @@ takes an \fIentry\fP as returned by .BR ldap_first_entry (3) or .BR ldap_next_entry (3) -and returns a pointer to a per-connection buffer -containing the first attribute type in the entry. The return value -should be treated as if it is a pointer to a static area (i.e., -.BR strdup (3) -it if you want to save it). +and returns a pointer to character string +containing the first attribute description in the entry. +.B ldap_next_attribute() +returns the next attribute description in the entry. .LP It also returns, in \fIberptr\fP, a pointer to a BerElement it has allocated to keep track of its current position. This pointer should @@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ for a description of possible error codes. The .B ldap_first_attribute() routine dyanamically allocated memory that must be freed by the caller via -.BR ber_free (3). +.BR ldap_memfree (3). .SH SEE ALSO .BR ldap(3), .BR ldap_first_entry(3), -- 2.39.5