-===========
-Introducing
-===========
-
-
-Client library for memcached
-
-
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-LIBRARY
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-
-
-C Client Library for memcached (libmemcached, -lmemcached)
-
+==============================================
+Introducing the C Client Library for memcached
+==============================================
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SYNOPSIS
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+#include <libmemcached/memcached.h>
+Compile and link with -lmemcached
-.. code-block:: perl
-
- #include <libmemcached/memcached.h>
+libMemcached is an open source C/C++ client library and tools for the memcached server (http://danga.com/memcached). It has been designed to be light on memory usage, thread safe, and provide full access to server side methods.
+libMemcached was designed to provide the greatest number of options to use Memcached. Some of the features provided:
+1. Asynchronous and Synchronous Transport Support.
+2. Consistent Hashing and Distribution.
+3. Tunable Hashing algorithm to match keys.
+4. Access to large object support.
+5. Local replication.
+6. A complete reference guide and documentation to the API.
+7. Tools to Manage your Memcached networks.
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DESCRIPTION
applications by alleviating database load." `http://danga.com/memcached/ <http://danga.com/memcached/>`_
\ **libmemcached**\ is a small, thread-safe client library for the
-memcached protocol. The code has all been written with an eye to allow
+memcached protocol. The code has all been written to allow
for both web and embedded usage. It handles the work behind routing
-particular keys to specific servers that you specify (and values are
-matched based on server order as supplied by you). It implements both
-a modula and consistent method of object distribution.
+individual keys to specific servers specified by the developer (and values are
+matched based on server order as supplied by the user). It implements
+a modular and consistent method of object distribution.
There are multiple implemented routing and hashing methods. See the
-memcached_behavior_set() manpage.
+memcached_behavior_set() manpage for more information.
All operations are performed against a \ ``memcached_st``\ structure.
These structures can either be dynamically allocated or statically
Nearly all functions return a \ ``memcached_return_t``\ value.
This value can be translated to a printable string with memcached_strerror(3).
-Partitioning based on keys is testsed in the library. Using the key partioning
-functions it is possible to group sets of object onto servers.
+Objects are stored on servers by hashing keys. The hash value maps the key to a particular server. All clients understand how this hashing works, so it is possibly to reliably both push data to a server and retrieve data from a server.
+
+Group keys can be optionally used to group sets of objects with servers.
+
+Namespaces are supported, and can be used to partition caches so that multiple applications can use the same memcached servers.
\ ``memcached_st``\ structures are thread-safe, but each thread must
contain its own structure (that is, if you want to share these among
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-When using threads or forked processes it is important to keep an instance
+When using threads or forked processes it is important to keep one instance
of \ ``memcached_st``\ per process or thread. Without creating your own locking
-structures you can not share a single \ ``memcached_st``\ . You can though call
+structures you can not share a single \ ``memcached_st``\ . However, you can call
memcached_quit(3) on a \ ``memcached_st``\ and then use the resulting cloned
structure.
To find out more information please check:
-`https://launchpad.net/libmemcached <https://launchpad.net/libmemcached>`_
+`http://libmemcached.org/ <http://libmemcached.org/>`_
--------
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-:manpage:`memcached(1)` :manpage:`libmemcached_examples(3)` :manpage:`libmemcached(1)` :manpage:`memcat(1)` :manpage:`memcp(1)` :manpage:`memflush(1)` :manpage:`memrm(1)` :manpage:`memslap(1)` :manpage:`memstat(1)` :manpage:`memcached_fetch(3)` :manpage:`memcached_replace(3)` :manpage:`memcached_server_list_free(3)` :manpage:`libmemcached_examples(3)` :manpage:`memcached_clone(3)` :manpage:`memcached_free(3)`
-:manpage:`memcached_server_add(3)` :manpage:`memcached_server_push(3)` :manpage:`memcached_add(3)` :manpage:`memcached_get(3)` :manpage:`memcached_server_count(3)` :manpage:`memcached_servers_parse(3)` :manpage:`memcached_create(3)` :manpage:`memcached_increment(3)` :manpage:`memcached_server_list(3)` :manpage:`memcached_set(3)`
-:manpage:`memcached_decrement(3)` :manpage:`memcached_mget(3)` :manpage:`memcached_server_list_append(3)` :manpage:`memcached_strerror(3)` :manpage:`memcached_delete(3)` :manpage:`memcached_quit(3)` :manpage:`memcached_server_list_count(3)` :manpage:`memcached_verbosity(3)` :manpage:`memcached_server_add_unix_socket(3)` :manpage:`memcached_result_create(3)` :manpage:`memcached_result_free(3)`
-:manpage:`memcached_result_key_value(3)` :manpage:`memcached_result_key_length(3)` :manpage:`memcached_result_value(3)` :manpage:`memcached_result_length(3)` :manpage:`memcached_result_flags(3)`
-:manpage:`memcached_result_cas(3)` :manpage:`memcached_result_st(3)` :manpage:`memcached_append(3)` :manpage:`memcached_prepend(3)` :manpage:`memcached_fetch_result(3)`
-:manpage:`memerror(1)` :manpage:`memcached_get_by_key(3)` :manpage:`memcached_mget_by_key(3)` :manpage:`memcached_delete_by_key(3)`
-:manpage:`memcached_fetch_execute(3)` :manpage:`memcached_callback_get(3)` :manpage:`memcached_callback_set(3)` :manpage:`memcached_version(3)`
-:manpage:`memcached_lib_version(3)` :manpage:`memcached_result_set_value(3)` :manpage:`memcached_dump(3)` :manpage:`memdump(1)`
-:manpage:`memcached_set_memory_allocators(3)` :manpage:`memcached_get_memory_allocators(3)` :manpage:`memcached_get_user_data(3)` :manpage:`memcached_set_user_data(3)`
+:manpage:`memcached(1)` :manpage:`libmemcached_examples(3)`
+:manpage:`libmemcached(1)` :manpage:`memcat(1)` :manpage:`memcp(1)`
+:manpage:`memflush(1)` :manpage:`memrm(1)` :manpage:`memslap(1)`
+:manpage:`memstat(1)` :manpage:`memcached_fetch(3)`
+:manpage:`memcached_replace(3)` :manpage:`memcached_server_list_free(3)`
+:manpage:`libmemcached_examples(3)` :manpage:`memcached_clone(3)`
+:manpage:`memcached_free(3)` :manpage:`memcached_server_add(3)`
+:manpage:`memcached_server_push(3)` :manpage:`memcached_add(3)`
+:manpage:`memcached_get(3)` :manpage:`memcached_server_count(3)`
+:manpage:`memcached_create(3)` :manpage:`memcached_increment(3)`
+:manpage:`memcached_server_list(3)` :manpage:`memcached_set(3)`
+:manpage:`memcached_decrement(3)` :manpage:`memcached_mget(3)`
+:manpage:`memcached_server_list_append(3)` :manpage:`memcached_strerror(3)`
+:manpage:`memcached_delete(3)` :manpage:`memcached_quit(3)`
+:manpage:`memcached_server_list_count(3)` :manpage:`memcached_verbosity(3)`
+:manpage:`memcached_server_add_unix_socket(3)`
+:manpage:`memcached_result_create(3)` :manpage:`memcached_result_free(3)`
+:manpage:`memcached_result_key_value(3)`
+:manpage:`memcached_result_key_length(3)`
+:manpage:`memcached_result_value(3)` :manpage:`memcached_result_length(3)`
+:manpage:`memcached_result_flags(3)` :manpage:`memcached_result_cas(3)`
+:manpage:`memcached_result_st(3)` :manpage:`memcached_append(3)`
+:manpage:`memcached_prepend(3)` :manpage:`memcached_fetch_result(3)`
+:manpage:`memerror(1)` :manpage:`memcached_get_by_key(3)`
+:manpage:`memcached_mget_by_key(3)` :manpage:`memcached_delete_by_key(3)`
+:manpage:`memcached_fetch_execute(3)` :manpage:`memcached_callback_get(3)`
+:manpage:`memcached_callback_set(3)` :manpage:`memcached_version(3)`
+:manpage:`memcached_lib_version(3)` :manpage:`memcached_result_set_value(3)`
+:manpage:`memcached_dump(3)` :manpage:`memdump(1)`
+:manpage:`memcached_set_memory_allocators(3)`
+:manpage:`memcached_get_memory_allocators(3)`
+:manpage:`memcached_get_user_data(3)` :manpage:`memcached_set_user_data(3)`
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