Configuring Libmemcached
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+.. highlightlang:: c
+
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SYNOPSIS
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+#include <libmemcached/memcached.h>
.. c:function:: memcached_st *memcached(const char *string, size_t string_length)
-
.. c:function:: memcached_return_t libmemcached_check_configuration(const char *option_string, size_t length, char *error_buffer, size_t error_buffer_size)
Compile and link with -lmemcached
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DESCRIPTION
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Libmemcached implements a custom language for configuring and modifying
-servers. By passing in an option string you can generate a memcached_st object
+servers. By passing in an option string you can generate a ``memcached_st`` object
that you can use in your application directly.
.. describe:: --SERVER=<servername>:<optional_port>/?<optional_weight>
Provide a servername to be used by the client. Providing a weight will cause weighting to occur with all hosts with each server getting a default weight of 1.
+.. describe:: --SOCKET=\"<filepath>/?<optional_weight>\"
+
+Provide a filepath to a UNIX socket file. Providing a weight will cause weighting to occur with all hosts with each server getting a default weight of 1.
+
.. describe:: --VERIFY-KEY
Verify that keys that are being used fit within the design of the protocol being used.
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-memcached() returns a pointer to the memcached_st that was
+:c:func:`memcached()` returns a pointer to the memcached_st that was
created (or initialized). On an allocation failure, it returns NULL.