Netscape Directory Server Programmer's Guide: Function Reference

Complete Contents
Getting Started
Chapter 1 Understanding Server Plug-Ins
Chapter 2 Writing and Compiling Plug-Ins
Chapter 3 Calling the Front-End API Functions
Chapter 4 Quick Start
Chapter 5 Writing Database Plug-Ins
Chapter 6 Writing Pre/Post-Operation Plug-Ins
Chapter 7 Defining Functions for LDAP Operations
Chapter 8 Defining Functions for Database Operations
Chapter 9 Defining Functions for Authentication
Chapter 10 Writing Entry Store/Fetch Plug-Ins
Chapter 11 Writing Extended Operation Plug-Ins
Chapter 12 Writing Matching Rule Plug-Ins
Chapter 13 Data Type and Structure Reference
Chapter 14 Function Reference
Chapter 15 Parameter Reference
Glossary

slapi_ch_free()

Frees space allocated by the slapi_ch_malloc(), slapi_ch_realloc(), and slapi_ch_calloc() functions and sets the pointer to NULL. Call this function instead of the standard free() C function.

#include "slapi-plugin.h"
void slapi_ch_free( void **ptr );

The function has the following parameters:
ptr
Address of the pointer to the block of memory that you want to free. If NULL, no action occurs.

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