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9 memcached_server_list_free, memcached_server_list_append,
10 memcached_server_list_count, memcached_servers_parse - Manage server list
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18 C Client Library for memcached (libmemcached, -lmemcached)
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22 SYNOPSIS
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29 #include <memcached.h>
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31 const memcached_server_instance_st
32 memcached_server_list (memcached_st *ptr);
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34 void memcached_server_list_free (memcached_server_list_st list);
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36 memcached_server_list_st
37 memcached_server_list_append (memcached_server_list_st list,
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42 uint32_t memcached_server_list_count (memcached_server_list_st list);
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44 memcached_server_list_st memcached_servers_parse (const char *server_strings);
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46 const char *memcached_server_error (memcached_server_instance_st instance);
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49 void memcached_server_error_reset (memcached_server_instance_st list);
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54 DESCRIPTION
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58 libmemcached(3) operates on a list of hosts which are stored in
59 memcached_server_st structures. You should not modify these structures
60 directly. Functions are provided to modify these structures (and more can be
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63 memcached_server_list() is used to provide an array of all defined hosts.
64 This was incorrectly documented as "requiring free()" up till version 0.39.
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66 memcached_server_list_free() deallocates all memory associated with the array
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69 memcached_server_list_append() adds a server to the end of a
70 memcached_server_st array. On error null will be returned and the
71 memcached_return_t pointer you passed into the function will be set with the
72 appropriate error. If the value of port is zero, it is set to the default
73 port of a memcached server.
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75 memcached_servers_parse() takes a string, the type that is used for the
76 command line applications, and parse it to an array of memcached_server_st.
77 The example is "localhost, foo:555, foo, bar". All hosts except foo:555 will
78 be set to the default port, while that host will have a port of 555.
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80 memcached_server_error() can be used to look at the text of the last error
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83 Before version 0.39 theses functions used a memcache_server_st \*. In 0.39
84 memcached_server_st \* was aliased to memcached_server_list_st. This was
85 done for a style reason/to help clean up some concepts in the code.
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101 To find out more information please check:
102 `https://launchpad.net/libmemcached <https://launchpad.net/libmemcached>`_
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118 memcached(1) libmemcached(3) memcached_strerror(3)
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