ldap_compare_ext_s

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LDAP_COMPARE(3)						      LDAP_COMPARE(3)



NAME
       ldap_compare, ldap_compare_s - Perform an LDAP compare operation

LIBRARY
       OpenLDAP LDAP (libldap, -lldap)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <ldap.h>

       int ldap_compare_s(ld, dn, attr, value)
       LDAP *ld;
       char *dn, *attr, *value;

       int ldap_compare(ld, dn, attr, value)
       LDAP *ld;
       char *dn, *attr, *value;

DESCRIPTION
       The ldap_compare_s() routine is used to perform an LDAP compare opera-
       tion synchronously.  It takes dn, the DN of the entry  upon  which  to
       perform	the compare, and attr and value, the attribute type and value
       to compare to those found in the entry.	 It  returns  an  LDAP	error
       code,  which  will  be  LDAP_COMPARE_TRUE  if  the  entry contains the
       attribute value and LDAP_COMPARE_FALSE if  it  does  not.   Otherwise,
       some error code is returned.

       The  ldap_compare()  routine is used to perform an LDAP compare opera-
       tion asynchronously.   It  takes	 the  same  parameters	as  ldap_com-
       pare_s(), but returns the message id of the request it initiated.  The
       result of the  compare  can  be	obtained  by  a	 subsequent  call  to
       ldap_result(3).

ERRORS
       ldap_compare_s()	 returns  an LDAP error code which can be interpreted
       by calling one of ldap_perror(3) and friends.  ldap_compare()  returns
       -1  if  something  went	wrong initiating the request.  It returns the
       non-negative message id of the request if things went ok.

BUGS
       There is no way to compare binary values, but there should be.

SEE ALSO
       ldap(3), ldap_error(3)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
       OpenLDAP	 is  developed	and  maintained	 by  The   OpenLDAP   Project
       (http://www.openldap.org/).   OpenLDAP  is  derived from University of
       Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.



OpenLDAP 2.2.13			  2004/06/10		      LDAP_COMPARE(3)