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eSNMP API Routines
5.3 Support Routines
5.3 Support Routines
The support routines are provided as a convenience for developers writing method
routines that handle specific MIB elements. The following support routines are
provided:
Routine Function
o_integer Loads an integer value.
o_octet Loads an octet value.
o_oid Loads an OID value.
o_string Loads a string value.
o_counter64 Loads a Counter64 variable into the varbind .
str2oid Converts a string OID to dot notation.
sprintoid Converts an OID into a string.
instance2oid Creates a full OID for a value.
oid2instance Extracts an instance and loads an array.
inst2ip Returns an IP address for an OID.
cmp_oid Compares two OIDs.
cmp_oid_prefix Compares an OID’s prefix.
clone_oid Makes a copy of an OID.
free_oid Frees a buffer.
clone_buf Duplicates a buffer.
mem2oct Converts a string to an oct structure.
cmp_oct Compares two octets.
clone_oct Makes a copy of an oct structure.
free_oct Frees a buffer attached to an oct structure.
free_varbind_date Frees the fields in the VARBIND structure.
set_debug_level Sets the logging level.
is_debug_level Tests the logging level.
ESNMP_LOG Directs log messages.
print_varbind Displays the varbind and its structure.
set_select_limit Sets the error limit for SNMP client requests.
_ _set_progname Sets the program name to be displayed in log
messages.
_ _restore_progname Resets the program name back to the previous name.
_ _parse_progname Parses the application file name to determine the
program name.
esnmp_cleanup Closes a socket that is used by a subagent for
communicating with the master agent.
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