libnvpair(3NVPAIR)

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NAME

libnvpair– library of name-value pair functions

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 two opaque handles:

nvpair_t

handle to a name-value pair

nvlist_t

handle to a list of name-value pairs

The library supports the following operations:

• Allocate and free 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.

See libnvpair(3LIB) for a complete list of libnvpair functions.

ATTRIBUTES

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

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability	Evolving
MT-Level	MT-Safe

SEE ALSO

libnvpair(3LIB), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.8  Last Revised 26 September 2000

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | ATTRIBUTES | SEE ALSO