kdbm_fetch - Find a key and return the associated data.
LIBRARY CALL
kdatum kdbm_fetch(
kdbm *dbf,
kdatum key)
INPUT
dbf - open database pointer
key - database key to search for
OUTPUT
none
RETURN VALUE
The data associated with the specified key. If the key
is not a part of the database, the returned data.dsize
and data.dptr will be 0 and NULL respectively
DESCRIPTION
Look up a given KEY and return the information
associated with that KEY. The pointer in the
structure that is returned is a pointer to dynamically
allocated memory block.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
none
EXAMPLES
none
SIDE EFFECTS
none
RESTRICTIONS
none
MODIFICATION
none
FILES
$BOOTSTRAP/objects/library/klibdb/src/kdbm.c
SEE ALSO
klibdb(3)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1993 - 1997, Khoral Research, Inc. ("KRI") All rights reserved.