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libnvpair(3LIB)

Name | Synopsis | Description | INTERFACES | Files | Attributes | See Also

Name

    libnvpair– name-value pair library

Synopsis

    cc [ flag... ] file... -lnvpair [ library... ]
    #include <libnvpair.h>

Description

    The libnvpair library exports a set of functions for managing name-value pairs.

    The library defines four opaque handles:

    nvpair_t

    handle to a name-value pair

    nvlist_t

    handle to a list of name-value pairs

    nv_alloc_t

    handle to a pluggable allocator

    nv_alloc_ops_t

    handle to pluggable allocator operations

    The library supports the following operations:

    • Allocate and free an nvlist_t.

    • Specify the allocater to be used when manipulating an nvlist_t.

    • Add and remove an nvpair_t from a list.

    • Search nvlist_t for a specified name pair.

    • Pack an nvlist_t into a contiguous buffer.

    • Expand a packed nvlist into a searchable nvlist_t.

INTERFACES

    The shared object libnvpair.so.1 provides the public interfaces defined below. See Intro(3) for additional information on shared object interfaces.

    nvlist_add_boolean

    nvlist_add_boolean_value

    nvlist_add_boolean_array

    nvlist_add_byte

    nvlist_add_byte_array

    nvlist_add_double

    nvlist_add_int8

    nvlist_add_int8_array

    nvlist_add_int16

    nvlist_add_int16_array

    nvlist_add_int32

    nvlist_add_int32_array

    nvlist_add_int64

    nvlist_add_int64_array

    nvlist_add_nvlist

    nvlist_add_nvlist_array

    nvlist_add_nvpair

    nvlist_add_string

    nvlist_add_string_array

    nvlist_add_uint8

    nvlist_add_uint8_array

    nvlist_add_uint16

    nvlist_add_uint16_array

    nvlist_add_uint32

    nvlist_add_uint32_array

    nvlist_add_uint64

    nvlist_add_uint64_array

    nvlist_alloc

    nvlist_dup

    nvlist_exists

    nvlist_free

    nvlist_lookup_boolean

    nvlist_lookup_boolean_value

    nvlist_lookup_boolean_array

    nvlist_lookup_byte

    nvlist_lookup_byte_array

    nvlist_lookup_double

    nvlist_lookup_int8

    nvlist_lookup_int8_array

    nvlist_lookup_int16

    nvlist_lookup_int16_array

    nvlist_lookup_int32

    nvlist_lookup_int32_array

    nvlist_lookup_int64

    nvlist_lookup_int64_array

    nvlist_lookup_nvlist

    nvlist_lookup_nvlist_array

    nvlist_lookup_nv_alloc

    nvlist_lookup_nvpair

    nvlist_lookup_pairs

    nvlist_lookup_string

    nvlist_lookup_string_array

    nvlist_lookup_uint8

    nvlist_lookup_uint8_array

    nvlist_lookup_uint16

    nvlist_lookup_uint16_array

    nvlist_lookup_uint32

    nvlist_lookup_uint32_array

    nvlist_lookup_uint64

    nvlist_lookup_uint64_array

    nvlist_merge

    nvlist_next_nvpair

    nvlist_pack

    nvlist_remove

    nvlist_remove_all

    nvlist_size

    nvlist_unpack

    nvlist_xalloc

    nvlist_xdup

    nvlist_xpack

    nvlist_xunpack

    nvpair_name

    nvpair_type

    nvpair_value_boolean_array

    nvpair_value_boolean_value

    nvpair_value_byte

    nvpair_value_byte_array

    nvpair_value_double

    nvpair_value_int8

    nvpair_value_int8_array

    nvpair_value_int16

    nvpair_value_int16_array

    nvpair_value_int32

    nvpair_value_int32_array

    nvpair_value_int64

    nvpair_value_int64_array

    nvpair_value_nvlist

    nvpair_value_nvlist_array

    nvpair_value_string

    nvpair_value_string_array

    nvpair_value_uint8

    nvpair_value_uint8_array

    nvpair_value_uint16

    nvpair_value_uint16_array

    nvpair_value_uint32

    nvpair_value_uint32_array

    nvpair_value_uint64

    nvpair_value_uint64_array

    nv_alloc_init

    nv_alloc_fini

    nv_alloc_reset

     

Files

    /lib/libnvpair.so.1

    shared object

    /lib/64/libnvpair.so.1

    64-bit shared object

Attributes

    See attributes(5) for description of the following attributes:

    ATTRIBUTE TYPE 

    ATTRIBUTE VALUE 

    Availability 

    SUNWcsl (32–bit) 

     

    SUNWcslx (64–bit) 

    Interface Stability 

    Committed 

    MT-Level 

    MT-Safe 

See Also

SunOS 5.11  Last Revised 1 Aug 2008

Name | Synopsis | Description | INTERFACES | Files | Attributes | See Also