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_strdup()

Makes a copy of an existing string. This function calls the standard strdup() C function and terminates the slapd server with an "out of memory" error message if memory cannot be allocated.

#include "slapi-plugin.h"
char * slapi_ch_strdup( char *s );

The function has the following parameters:
s
Pointer to the string you want to copy.

Pointer to a copy of the string. If space cannot be allocated (for example, if no more virtual memory exists), the slapd program terminates.

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