NETSNMP_PDU_API(3)

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💖 NETSNMP_PDU_API 💖

okay so bestie, this is the Net-SNMP manual page for NETSNMP_PDU_API(3) — aka the netsnmp_pdu_api functions, the little squad that handles your SNMP request structures. 🎀 yes we're in section 3, yes we're about to get cozy with some structs, stay with me.

✨ NAME ✨

snmp_pdu_create, snmp_clone_pdu, snmp_fix_pdu, snmp_free_pdu — the netsnmp_pdu_api functions. that's the whole roster, four icons, no notes. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <net-snmp/pdu_api.h>

netsnmp_pdu *snmp_pdu_create( inttype);

netsnmp_pdu *snmp_clone_pdu( netsnmp_pdu*pdu);

netsnmp_pdu *snmp_fix_pdu( netsnmp_pdu*pdu, int idx);

netsnmp_pdu *snmp_free_pdu( netsnmp_pdu*pdu);

like, look at them. four functions, all returning netsnmp_pdu *. the way they all pull up with the same return type is giving coordinated group chat fit. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the vibe: these functions deal with SNMP request structures. that's it, that's the whole plot. the source page is being ✨mysterious✨ and just naming them one by one, so let's give them their moment, in order, no skipping:

  • snmp_pdu_create
  • snmp_clone_pdu
  • snmp_fix_pdu
  • snmp_free_pdu

not me noticing the man page literally just lists them and dips 😭 bestie the documentation ate and left no crumbs of explanation. anyway, four names, four functions, all here, all accounted for, nobody left behind. 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read those too, they're the rest of the friend group, iykyk. ✨

heads up bestie: the original page keeps it this short, so i'm keeping it this short. no invented lore, no made-up behaviour — just the facts with better energy. 💜

and that's the tea, fr fr. this was NETSNMP_PDU_API(3) from Net-SNMP, version V5.9.5.2, dated 13 Aug 2010 — an oldie but a goodie, and honestly? it still slays. 💖🌸🦋✨🎀👑

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