4 Each lookup type is implemented by 6 functions, xxx_open(), xxx_check(),
5 xxx_find(), xxx_close(), xxx_tidy(), and xxx_quote(), where xxx is the name of
6 the lookup type (e.g. lsearch, dbm, or whatever). In addition, there is
7 a version reporting function used to trace compile-vs-runtime conflicts and
8 to help administrators ensure that the modules from the correct build are
9 in use by the main binary.
11 The xxx_check(), xxx_close(), xxx_tidy(), and xxx_quote() functions need not
12 exist. There is a table in drtables.c which links the lookup names to the
13 various sets of functions, with NULL entries for any that don't exist. When
14 the code for a lookup type is omitted from the binary, all its entries are
17 One of the fields in the table contains flags describing the kind of lookup.
22 This is a "query style" lookup without a file name, as opposed to the "single
23 key" style, where the key is associated with a "file name".
27 For single key lookups, this means that the file name must be an absolute path.
28 It is set for lsearch and dbm, but not for NIS, for example.
32 This is a query-style lookup that must start with an absolute file name. For
33 example, the sqlite lookup is of this type.
35 When a single-key or absfilequery lookup file is opened, the handle returned by
36 the xxx_open() function is saved, along with the file name and lookup type, in
37 a tree. Traditionally, lookup_querystyle does not use this (just returning a
38 dummy value, and doing the "open" work in the xxx_find() routine); but this is
39 not enforced by the framework.
41 The xxx_close() function is not called when the first lookup is completed. If
42 there are subsequent lookups of the same type that quote the same file name,
43 xxx_open() isn't called; instead the cached handle is re-used.
45 Exim calls the function search_tidyup() at strategic points in its processing
46 (e.g. after all routing and directing has been done) and this function walks
47 the tree and calls the xxx_close() functions for all the cached handles.
49 Query-style lookups don't have the concept of an open file that can be cached
50 this way. Of course, the local code for the lookup can manage its own caching
51 information in any way it pleases. This means that the xxx_close()
52 function, even it it exists, is never called. However, if an xxx_tidy()
53 function exists, it is called once whenever Exim calls search_tidyup().
55 A single-key lookup type may also have an xxx_tidy() function, which is called
56 by search_tidyup() after all cached handles have been closed via the
59 The lookup functions are wrapped into a special store pool (POOL_SEARCH). You
60 can safely use store_get to allocate store for your handle caching. The store
61 will be reset after all xxx_tidy() functions are called.
63 The function interfaces are as follows:
69 This function is called to initiate the lookup. For things that involve files
70 it should do a real open; for other kinds of lookup it may do nothing at all.
73 uschar *filename the name of the "file" to open, for non-query-style
74 lookups; NULL for query-style lookups
75 uschar **errmsg where to put an error message if there is a problem
77 The yield of xxx_open() is a void * value representing the open file or
78 database. For real files is is normally the FILE or DBM value. For other
79 kinds of lookup, if there is no natural value to use, (-1) is recommended.
80 The value should not be NULL (or 0) as that is taken to indicate failure of
81 the xxx_open() function. For single-key lookups, the handle is cached along
82 with the filename and type, and may be used for several lookups.
88 If this function exists, it is called after a successful open to check on the
89 ownership and mode of the file(s). The arguments are:
91 void *handle the handle passed back from xxx_open()
92 uschar *filename the filename passed to xxx_open()
93 int modemask mode bits that must not be set
94 int *owners permitted owners of the file(s)
95 int *owngroups permitted group owners of the file(s)
96 uschar **errmsg where to put an error message if there is a problem
98 In the owners and owngroups vectors, the first element is the count of the
99 remaining elements. There is a common function that can be called to check
102 int search_check_file(int fd, char *filename, int modemask, int *owners,
103 int *owngroups, char *type, char **errmsg);
105 If fd is >= 0, it is checked using fstat(), and filename is used only in
106 error messages. If fd is < 0 then filename is checked using stat(). The yield
107 is zero if all is well, +1 if the mode or uid or gid is wrong, or -1 if the
110 The yield of xxx_check() is TRUE if all is well, FALSE otherwise. The
111 function should not close the file(s) on failure. That is done from outside
112 by calling the xxx_close() function.
118 This is called to search an open file/database. The result is OK, FAIL, or
119 DEFER. The arguments are:
121 void *handle the handle passed back from xxx_open()
122 uschar *filename the filename passed to xxx_open() (NULL for querystyle)
123 uschar *keyquery the key to look up, or query to process, zero-terminated
124 int length the length of the key
125 uschar **result point to the yield, in dynamic store, on success
126 uschar **errmsg where to put an error message on failure;
127 this is initially set to "", and should be left
128 as that for a standard "entry not found" error
129 uint *do_cache the lookup should set this to 0 when it changes data.
130 This is MAXINT by default. When set to 0 the cache tree
131 of the current search handle will be cleaned and the
132 current result will NOT be cached. Currently the mysql
133 and pgsql lookups use this when UPDATE/INSERT queries are
135 If set to a nonzero number of seconds, the cached value
136 becomes unusable after this time. Currently the dnsdb
137 lookup uses this to support the TTL value.
139 Even though the key is zero-terminated, the length is passed because in the
140 common case it has been computed already and is often needed.
146 This is called for single-key lookups when a file is finished with. There is no
147 yield, and the only argument is the handle that was passed back from
148 xxx_open(). It is not called for query style lookups.
154 This function is called once at the end of search_tidyup() for every lookup
155 type for which it exists.
161 This is called by the string expansion code for expansions of the form
162 ${quote_xxx:<string>}, if it exists. If not, the expansion code makes no change
163 to the string. The function must apply any quoting rules that are specific to
164 the lookup, and return a pointer to the revised string. If quoting is not
165 needed, it can return its single argument, which is a uschar *. This function
166 does NOT use the POOL_SEARCH store, because it's usually never called from any
172 This is called to report diagnostic information to a file stream.
173 Typically it would report both compile-time and run-time version information.
176 FILE *stream where to fprintf() the data to