getconfent (3)

char * getconfent (

               const char *category,

               const char *name,

               int flags);

char * getconfent_r (

               const char *category,

               const char *name,

               int flags,

               char *buffer,

               int bufsiz);

getconfent(\|) get the name entry from the configuration file. Every entry in the configuration file is categorized. The category parameter is its specifier. The getconfent_r(\|) function is a re-entrant version of getconfent(\|) using the passed buffer parameter instead of an internal static buffer.

If threads are created usint the Cthread_create(\|) interface, it is not mandatory to call getconfent_r(\|) in order to assure thread-safe code. In that case getconfent(\|) calls the re-entrant version internally using a buffer allocated in thread local storage.

getconfent(\|) and getconfent_r(\|) return NULL if the entry is not found. Otherwise, it returns the matched entry. If flags is not null, the return value is a pointer to the full string matched in the configuration file. Otherwise, only the pointer to the first blank separated token is returned.

If the getconfent(\|), getconfent_r(\|) function fail, serrno may be set to one of the following values:

SENOCONFIG

configuration file not found.

shift.conf(4), Cthread_create(3)

LCG Grid Deployment Team