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NAME

       add_mibdir,  netsnmp_init_mib, shutdown_mib, netsnmp_read_module, read_mib, read_all_mibs,
       add_module_replacement,            snmp_set_mib_errors,             snmp_set_mib_warnings,
       snmp_set_save_descriptions,   read_objid,   snmp_parse_oid,   get_module_node,  print_mib,
       print_objid,   fprint_objid,   snprint_objid,    print_description,    fprint_description,
       snprint_description - netsnmp_mib_api functions

SYNOPSIS

       #include <net-snmp/mib_api.h>

   Initialisation and Shutdown
       int add_mibdir(const char *dirname);

       void netsnmp_init_mib(void);
       void shutdown_mib(void);

   Reading and Parsing MIBs
       struct tree *netsnmp_read_module(const char *name);
       struct tree *read_mib(const char *filename);
       struct tree *read_all_mibs(void);

       int add_module_replacement(const char *old_module,
                                  const char *new_module,
                                  const char *tag, int len);

       void snmp_set_mib_warnings(int level);
       void snmp_set_mib_errors(int level);
       void snmp_set_save_descriptions(int save);

   Searching the MIB Tree
       int  read_objid(const char *input,
                       oid *objid, size_t *objidlen);
       oid *snmp_parse_oid(const char *input,
                       oid *objid, size_t *objidlen);
       int  get_module_node(const char *name, const char *module,
                       oid *objid, size_t *objidlen);

   Output
       void  print_mib(FILE *fp);

       void  print_objid(const oid *objid, size_t objidlen);
       void fprint_objid(FILE *fp,
                         const oid *objid, size_t objidlen);
       int snprint_objid(char *buf, size_t len,
                         const oid *objid, size_t objidlen);

       void  print_description(const oid *objid, size_t objidlen, int width);
       void fprint_description(FILE *fp,
                               const oid *objid, size_t objidlen, int width);
       int snprint_description(char *buf, size_t len,
                               const oid *objid, size_t objidlen, int width);

DESCRIPTION

       The  functions  dealing  with  MIB  modules  fall  into  four  groups - those dealing with
       initialisation and shutdown, with reading in and parsing MIB files, with searching the MIB
       tree, and output routines.

   Initialisation and Shutdown
       add_mibdir  is  used  to  add  the  specified directory to the path of locations which are
       searched for files containing MIB modules.  Note that this does not actually load the  MIB
       modules  located  in  that  directory,  but  is simply an initialisation step to make them
       available to netsnmp_read_module.  This function returns a count of  files  found  in  the
       directory,  or  a  -1  if  there  is  an  error.   It  should  be  called  before invoking
       netsnmp_init_mib.

       netsnmp_init_mib configures the MIB directory search path (using add_mibdir ), sets up the
       internal   MIB   framework,   and   then   loads   the   appropriate  MIB  modules  (using
       netsnmp_read_module and read_mib).  See the ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES section for details.
       It should be called before any other routine that manipulates or  accesses  the  MIB  tree
       (but after any additional add_mibdir calls).

       shutdown_mib  will  clear  the  information  that  was  gathered  by  netsnmp_read_module,
       add_mibdir and add_module_replacement.  It is  strongly  recommended  that  one  does  not
       invoke shutdown_mib while there are SNMP sessions being actively managed.

   Reading and Parsing MIBs
       netsnmp_read_module takes the name of a MIB module (which need not be the same as the name
       of the file that contains the module), locates this within  the  configured  list  of  MIB
       directories,  and loads the definitions from the module into the active MIB tree.  It also
       loads any MIB modules listed in the IMPORTS clause of this module.

       read_mib is similar, but takes the name of the file containing the MIB module.  Note  that
       this  file  need not be located within the MIB directory search list (although any modules
       listed in the IMPORTS clause do).

       read_all_mibs will read in all the MIB modules found on the MIB directory search list.

       In general the parser is silent about what strangenesses it sees in the MIB files. To  get
       warnings  reported,  call  snmp_set_mib_warnings  with  a  level  of 1 (or 2 for even more
       warnings).

       add_module_replacement can be used to allow  new  MIB  modules  to  obsolete  older  ones,
       without  needing to amend the IMPORTS clauses of other modules.  It takes the names of the
       old and new modules, together with an indication of which portions of the old  module  are
       affected.

              tag      len       load the new module when:
              NULL     0         always (the old module is a strict subset of
                                 the new)
              name     0         for the given tag only
              name     non-0     for any identifier with this prefix
       It can also be used to handle errors in the module identifiers used in MIB IMPORTS clauses
       (such as referring to RFC1213 instead of RFC1213-MIB).

   Searching the MIB Tree
       read_objid takes a string containing a textual version of an object identifier (in  either
       numeric  or  descriptor  form),  and  transforms  this into the corresponding list of sub-
       identifiers.  This is returned in the output parameter, with the number of sub-identifiers
       returned  via  out_len.   When  called, out_len must hold the maximum length of the output
       array.  If multiple object identifiers are being processed, then  this  length  should  be
       reset  before each call.  This function returns a value of 1 if it succeeds in parsing the
       string and 0 otherwise.

       snmp_parse_oid is similar, but returns a pointer to the parsed OID buffer (or NULL).

       get_module_node takes a descriptor and the name of a module, and returns the corresponding
       oid list, in the same way as read_objid above.
       If  the  module  name  is  specified  as  "ANY",  then  this  routine will assume that the
       descriptor given is unique within the tree, and will return the matching entry.   If  this
       assumption   is  invalid,  then  the  behaviour  as  to  which  variable  is  returned  is
       implementation dependent.

   Output
       print_mib will print out a  representation  of  the  currently  active  MIB  tree  to  the
       specified FILE pointer.

       print_objid  will  take an object identifier (as returned by read_objid, snmp_parse_oid or
       get_module_node), and prints the textual form of this OID to the standard output.

       fprint_objid does the same, but prints to  the  FILE  pointer  specified  by  the  initial
       parameter.

       snprint_objid  prints  the  same information into the buffer pointed to by buf which is of
       length len.  It returns the number of characters printed, or -1  if  the  buffer  was  not
       large  enough.   In the latter case, buf will typically contain a truncated version of the
       information (but this behaviour is not guaranteed).

       print_description, fprint_description,  and  snprint_description  take  a  similar  object
       identifier  and  print  out a version of the MIB definition for that object, together with
       the full OID. The width argument controls how the OID is layed out.

       By default the parser does not save descriptions since they may be huge.  In order  to  be
       able  to print them, it is necessary to invoke snmp_set_save_descriptions(1)before calling
       init_mib (or similar).

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       The main use of environmental variables with respect to these API calls  is  to  configure
       which MIB modules should be loaded, and where they are located.

       MIBDIRS   A colon separated list of directories to search for MIB modules.
                 Default: /usr/share/snmp/mibs
                 Used   by  init_mib,  netsnmp_read_module,  read_all_mibs  and  (implicitly)  by
                 read_mib.

       MIBS      A colon separated list of MIB modules to load.
                 The default list of modules  will  depend  on  how  the  Net-SNMP  software  was
                 originally  compiled,  but  is  typically:  IP-MIBIF-MIBTCP-MIBUDP-MIBSNMPv2-MIB
                 RFC1213-MIB UCD-SNMP-MIBHOST-RESOURCES-MIB

                 If the value of the MIBS environmental variable starts  with  a  '+'  character,
                 then  these  MIB  modules  will  be  added to the default list.  Otherwise these
                 modules (plus any that they IMPORT from) will be loaded instead of  the  default
                 list.

                 If  the MIBS environmental variable has the value ALL then read_all_mibs will be
                 called to load the full collection of all available MIB modules.

                 Used by init_mib only.

       MIBFILES  A colon separated list of files to load.
                 Default: (none)
                 Used by init_mib only.

SEE ALSO

       netsnmp_session_api(3), netsnmp_pdu_api(3), netsnmp_varbind_api(3)