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+.TH optionGetValue 3 2012-08-11 "" "Programmer's Manual"
+.\" DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE (optionGetValue.3)
+.\"
+.\" It has been AutoGen-ed August 11, 2012 at 09:44:56 AM by AutoGen 5.16.2
+.\" From the definitions ./funcs.def
+.\" and the template file agman3.tpl
+.SH NAME
+optionGetValue - get a specific value from a hierarcical list
+.sp 1
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+
+#include <\fIyour-opts.h\fP>
+.br
+cc [...] -o outfile infile.c -l\fBopts\fP [...]
+.sp 1
+const tOptionValue* \fBoptionGetValue\fP(const tOptionValue* \fIpOptValue\fP, char const* \fIvalueName\fP);
+.sp 1
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+This routine will find an entry in a nested value option or configurable.
+If "valueName" is NULL, then the first entry is returned. Otherwise,
+the first entry with a name that exactly matches the argument will be
+returned. If there is no matching value, NULL is returned and errno is
+set to ENOENT. If the provided option value is not a hierarchical value,
+NULL is also returned and errno is set to EINVAL.
+.TP
+.IR pOptValue
+a hierarchcal value
+.TP
+.IR valueName
+name of value to get
+.sp 1
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+a compound value structure
+.sp 1
+.SH ERRORS
+The returned result is NULL and errno is set:
+.sp 1ize @bullet
+.sp 1
+\fBEINVAL\fP \- the \fBpOptValue\fP does not point to a valid
+hierarchical option value.
+.sp 1
+\fBENOENT\fP \- no entry matched the given name.
+@end itemize
+.SH SEE ALSO
+The \fIinfo\fP documentation for the -l\fIopts\fP library.
+.br
+ao_string_tokenize(3), configFileLoad(3), optionFileLoad(3), optionFindNextValue(3), optionFindValue(3), optionFree(3), optionLoadLine(3), optionNextValue(3), optionOnlyUsage(3), optionProcess(3), optionRestore(3), optionSaveFile(3), optionSaveState(3), optionUnloadNested(3), optionVersion(3), pathfind(3), strequate(3), streqvcmp(3), streqvmap(3), strneqvcmp(3), strtransform(3),