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LDAP_COMPARE(3)
NAME
  ldap_compare, ldap_compare_s - Perform an LDAP compare operation

LIBRARY
  OpenLDAP LDAP (libldap, -lldap)

SYNOPSIS
  #include <ldap.h>

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

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

DESCRIPTION
  The ldap_compare_s() routine is used to perform an LDAP compare operation
  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
  LDAP_COMPARE_TRUE if the entry contains the attribute value and
  LDAP_COMPARE_FALSE if it does not.  Otherwise, some error code is returned.

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

ERRORS
  ldap_compare_s() returns an LDAP error code which can be interpreted by
  calling one of ldap_perror(3) and friends.  ldap_compare() 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), ldap_error(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.

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