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Update filter representations to conform to RFC 2254.

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Kurt Zeilenga 2003-10-07 22:41:45 +00:00
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doc/man/man3/ldap_search.3
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@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ or LDAP_SCOPE_SUBTREE, to search the object and all its descendents.
.LP
\fIFilter\fP is a string
representation of the filter to apply in the search. Simple filters
can be specified as \fIattributetype=attributevalue\fP. More complex
can be specified as \fI(attributetype=attributevalue)\fP. More complex
filters are specified using a prefix notation according to the following
BNF:
.LP
@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ described in RFC 2254. In addition, <attributevalue> can be a single *
to achieve an attribute existence test, or can contain text and *'s
interspersed to achieve substring matching.
.LP
For example, the filter "mail=*" will find any entries that have a mail
attribute. The filter "mail=*@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu" will find
For example, the filter "(mail=*)" will find any entries that have a mail
attribute. The filter "(mail=*@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu)" will find
any entries that have a mail attribute ending in the specified string.
To put parentheses in a filter, escape them with a backslash '\\'
character. See RFC 2254 for a more complete description of allowable
@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ filters.
.LP
\fIAttrs\fP is a null-terminated array of attribute types to return
from entries that match \fIfilter\fP.
If NULL is specified, all attributes will be returned.
If NULL is specified, the return of all user attributes is requested.
The type "*" (LDAP_ALL_USER_ATTRIBUTES) may be used to request
all user attributes to be returned.
The type "+"(LDAP_ALL_OPERATIONAL_ATTRIBUTES) may be used to request
@ -114,13 +114,12 @@ returns -1 in case of trouble.
.SH NOTES
Note that both read
and list functionality are subsumed by these routines,
by using a filter like "objectclass=*" and a scope of LDAP_SCOPE_BASE (to
by using a filter like "(objectclass=*)" and a scope of LDAP_SCOPE_BASE (to
emulate read) or LDAP_SCOPE_ONELEVEL (to emulate list).
.LP
These routines may dynamically allocate memory. The caller is
responsible for freeing such memory using supplied deallocation
routines. Return values are contained
in <ldap.h>.
routines. Return values are contained in <ldap.h>.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ldap (3),
.BR ldap_result (3),