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+/* dbmfetch.c - Find a key and return the associated data. */
+
+/* This file is part of GDBM, the GNU data base manager.
+ Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1993, 2007, 2011 Free Software Foundation,
+ Inc.
+
+ GDBM is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ GDBM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with GDBM. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+/* Include system configuration before all else. */
+#include "autoconf.h"
+#include "ndbm.h"
+#include "gdbmdefs.h"
+
+/* NDBM Look up a given KEY and return the information associated with that
+ KEY. The pointer in the structure that is returned is a pointer to
+ dynamically allocated memory block. */
+
+datum
+dbm_fetch (DBM *dbm, datum key)
+{
+ datum ret_val; /* The return value. */
+
+ /* Free previous dynamic memory, do actual call, and save pointer to new
+ memory. */
+ ret_val = gdbm_fetch (dbm->file, key);
+ if (dbm->_dbm_fetch_val != NULL)
+ free (dbm->_dbm_fetch_val);
+ dbm->_dbm_fetch_val = ret_val.dptr;
+ __gdbm_error_to_ndbm (dbm);
+ /* Return the new value. */
+ return ret_val;
+}