rc_read_dic...from_buffer(3)

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💖 rc_read_dic...from_buffer(3) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the radcli radius client library manual, section 3, and today's main character is rc_read_dic...from_buffer(3). yes the title is literally abbreviated like that, that's just how it is, we don't question the icon. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

rc_read_dictionary_from_buffer -

(yeah bestie the description line is empty in the original, and I'm not about to invent lore. it does what its name says. iykyk. 🙈)

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <radcli/radcli.h>

int rc_read_dictionary_from_buffer(
    rc_handle   *rh,
    char const  *buf,
    size_t       size
);

like. that's the whole vibe. three args, one int coming back at you. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Initialize the dictionary from Buffer 💫

So what's actually happening: it reads all ATTRIBUTES into the dictionary_attributes list. Then it reads all VALUES into the dictionary_values list. That's it, that's the whole job — no cap. Two lists, fully populated, one function call. slay. 🔥

💜 PARAMETERS 💜

  • rh — a handle to parsed configuration. this is your ride-or-die context, you gotta have it already set up.
  • buf — buffer holding Dictionary info. literally the raw text of the dictionary, sitting in memory. 📦
  • size — size of buffer. how many bytes of that buffer we're actually looking at. don't lie about this one bestie.

⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

  • 0 on success — we ate. 👑
  • -1 on failure — it's giving error, check your inputs. 😭
fr fr, always check the return value. 0 is the good timeline, -1 is not.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay so this is the whole extended universe, the entire friend group, everybody's here:

and that's the page bestie!! this one's from the radcli era, dated 2023-01-29 — a lil vintage, still iconic. go read your dictionary from a buffer and thrive. mwah 💖✨🎀🦋

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