LDAPCOMPARE(3)                                                LDAPCOMPARE(3)



NAME
       ldapcompare, ldapcompares - Perform an LDAP compare operation

LIBRARY
       OpenLDAP LDAP (libldap, -lldap)

SYNOPSIS
       ##include <>

       int ldapcompares(ld,, dn,, attr,, value)
       LDAP *ld;
       char *dn, *attr, *value;

       int ldapcompare(ld,, dn,, attr,, value)
       LDAP *ld;
       char *dn, *attr, *value;

DESCRIPTION
       The  ldapcompares() routine is used to perform an LDAP compare opera-
       tion synchronously.  It takes dn, the DN of the  entry  upon  which  to
       perform  the  compare, and attr and value, the attribute type and value
       to compare to those found in the entry.  It returns an LDAP error code,
       which  will  be  LDAPCOMPARETRUE  if the entry contains the attribute
       value and LDAPCOMPAREFALSE if it does  not.   Otherwise,  some  error
       code is returned.

       The ldapcompare() routine is used to perform an LDAP compare operation
       asynchronously.  It takes the same parameters as ldapcompares(),  but
       returns  the message id of the request it initiated.  The result of the
       compare can be obtained by a subsequent call to ldapresult(3).

ERORS
       ldapcompares() returns an LDAP error code which can be interpreted by
       calling  one  of ldapperror(3) and friends.  ldapcompare() returns -1
       if something went wrong initiating the request.  It  returns  the  non-
       negative message id of the request if things went ok.

BUGS
       There is no way to compare binary values, but there should be.

SEE ALSO
       ldap(3), ldaperror(3)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
       OpenLDAP   is   developed   and  maintained  by  The  OpenLDAP  Project
       (http:/www.openldap.org/).  OpenLDAP is  derived  from  University  of
       Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.



OpenLDAP 2.2.19                   2004/11/26                   LDAPCOMPARE(3)