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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
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 slapi_attr_basetype()
Returns the base type of an attribute (for example, if given cn;lang-jp, returns cn).

Syntax

#include "slapi-plugin.h"
char *slapi_attr_basetype( char *type, char *buf,
size_t bufsiz );

Parameters

The function has the following parameters:
type

Attribute type that you want to get the base type from.
buf

Buffer to hold the returned base type.
bufsiz

Size of the buffer.

Returns

NULL if the base type fits in the buffer. If the base type is longer than the buffer, the function allocates memory for the base type and returns a pointer to it. You should free the returned base type when done by calling slapi_ch_free().

Example

[To be added]

See Also

 

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