GEARMAN_CLIENT_SET_OPTIONS(3)

💖 GEARMAN_CLIENT_SET_OPTIONS(3) 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let's talk about the Gearmand manual, page GEARMAN_CLIENT_SET_OPTIONS(3). this is your girl explaining client options to you like we're texting at 2am and i lowkey know everything about libgearman. no cap. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

gearman_client_set_options — Gearmand Documentation, <http://gearman.info/>

like literally the whole point of this page is the client options, and the docs live at that link, okay? 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

first things first, you gotta pull in the header:

#include <libgearman/gearman.h>

and here's the type you're working with:

type gearman_client_options_t

and now the whole squad of functions, bestie, look at them:

gearman_client_options_t gearman_client_options(const gearman_client_st <#c.gearman_client_st> *client)

void gearman_client_set_options(gearman_client_st <#c.gearman_client_st> *client, gearman_client_options_t options)

void gearman_client_add_options(gearman_client_st <#c.gearman_client_st> *client, gearman_client_options_t options)

void gearman_client_remove_options(gearman_client_st <#c.gearman_client_st> *client, gearman_client_options_t options)

bool gearman_client_has_option(gearman_client_st <#c.gearman_client_st> *client, gearman_client_options_t option)

and when you build? you link with -lgearman. don't forget it, i will notice. 💅

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so here's the tea. gearman_client_options() hands you back the gearman_client_options_t for a gearman_client_st <#c.gearman_client_st>. that's it, that's the getter, she's serving.

you enable options with gearman_client_add_options() and you disable them with gearman_client_remove_options(). on and off, like a light switch but for your client. iconic.

🚨 GIRLIE, HEADS UP: gearman_client_set_options() has been DEPRECATED. like, retired, archived, the old era. she did her time, we moved on, periodt.

so the currently supported options are these four queens, and we're going through every single one:

• GEARMAN_CLIENT_NON_BLOCKING — run the client in a non-blocking mode. she does not wait around, she's got places to be. 🦋
• GEARMAN_CLIENT_FREE_TASKS — automatically free task objects once they are complete. the library cleans up after itself so you don't have to. main character behavior, honestly. ✨
• GEARMAN_CLIENT_UNBUFFERED_RESULT — lets the client read data in chunks instead of having the library buffer the entire data result and pass that whole thing back to you. little sips instead of one giant gulp. 🍓
• GEARMAN_CLIENT_GENERATE_UNIQUE — generate a unique id for each task created, by generating a UUID. unique. one of one. no duplicates in this house. 👑

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🎀 RETURN VALUE 🎀

literally: Various. that's what it says. that's the whole answer. it's giving "it depends" and honestly, valid. 💀

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🌈 HOME 🌈

wanna find out more? go check out: <http://gearman.info/>

see also, the family:

• gearmand(8)
• libgearman(3)

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🫶 Author 🫶

Data Differential — <http://www.datadifferential.com/>

🧚 Copyright 🧚

2011-2014, Data Differential, <http://www.datadifferential.com/>

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! you ate that. this was Gearmand docs, version 1.1.21+ds, dated Feb 04, 2026, and it's GEARMAN_CLIENT_SET_OPTIONS(3) forever and ever. go forth and set your options responsibly 💖✨🎀