NAME

       auparse_init - initialize an instance of the audit parsing library

SYNOPSIS

       #include <auparse.h>

       auparse_state_t *auparse_init(ausource_t source, const void *b);

DESCRIPTION

       auparse_init initializes an instance of the audit parsing library. The function returns an opaque pointer
       to the parser's internal state. It is used in subsequent calls to the library  so.  The  source  variable
       determines where the library looks for data. Legal values can be:

            AUSOURCE_LOGS - use audit logs
            AUSOURCE_FILE - use a file
            AUSOURCE_FILE_ARRAY - use several files
            AUSOURCE_BUFFER - use a buffer
            AUSOURCE_BUFFER_ARRAY - use an array of buffers
            AUSOURCE_DESCRIPTOR - use a particular descriptor
            AUSOURCE_FILE_POINTER - use a stdio FILE pointer
            AUSOURCE_FEED - feed data to parser with auparse_feed()

       The  pointer  'b'  is  used  to set the file name, array of filenames, the buffer address, or an array of
       pointers to buffers, or the descriptor number based on what source is given. When the data source  is  an
       array  of files or buffers, you would create an array of pointers with the last one being a NULL pointer.
       Buffers should be NUL terminated.

       The data structure returned by auparse_init is not thread-safe. If you need to use it in a  multithreaded
       program, you will need to add locking around any use of the data structure.

RETURN VALUE

       Returns  a  NULL  pointer  if  an  error  occurs; otherwise, the return value is an opaque pointer to the
       parser's internal state.

SEE ALSO

       auparse_reset(3), auparse_destroy(3).  auparse_feed(3).

AUTHOR

       Steve Grubb