nvticache.c File Reference

Implementation of API to handle NVT Info Cache. More...

#include <sys/stat.h>
#include "nvticache.h"

Functions
nvticache_t *	nvticache_new (const gchar *cache_path, const gchar *src_path)
	Create a new nvticache structure initialized with a path.
void	nvticache_free (const nvticache_t *cache)
	Free memory of a nvticache structure.
nvti_t *	nvticache_get (const nvticache_t *cache, const gchar *filename)
	Retrieve NVT Information from a cache for the given filename.

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Detailed Description

Implementation of API to handle NVT Info Cache.

This file contains all methods to handle NVT Information Cache (nvticache_t).

The module consequently uses glib datatypes and api for memory management etc.

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Function Documentation

void nvticache_free

(

const nvticache_t *

cache

)

Free memory of a nvticache structure.

Parameters:

cache

The structure to be freed.

nvti_t* nvticache_get	(	const nvticache_t *	cache,
		const gchar *	filename
	)

Retrieve NVT Information from a cache for the given filename.

Parameters:

cache	The NVTI Cache to use
filename	The name of the original NVT without the path to the base location of NVTs (e.g. "scriptname1.nasl" or even "subdir1/subdir2/scriptname2.nasl" )

Returns:

NULL in case the data could not be delivered. Else a nvti structure which needs to be released using nvti_free .

nvticache_t* nvticache_new	(	const gchar *	cache_path,
		const gchar *	src_path
	)

Create a new nvticache structure initialized with a path.

Parameters:

path	The directory where the cache is to be stored.

Returns:

NULL in case the memory could not be allocated. Else a nvticache structure which needs to be released using nvticache_free .