libsmi(3)

NAME
libsmi - library to access SMI management information

DESCRIPTION
This library contains functions that allow access to SMI management information stored in repositories that are managed by libsmi, currently directories containing SMIv1/v2 and SMIng MIB module files.

The libsmi API is defined in smi.h. Functions are documented in smi_config(3), smi_module(3), smi_node(3), smi_type(3), and smi_macro(3).

The purpose of libsmi is to separate the weird parsing and handling of MIB modules from management applications. MIB modules conforming to SMIv1, SMIv2 and SMIng - a new language for management information, developed originally at the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany - can be handled by libsmi.

EXAMPLE
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <smi.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    SmiNode *smiNode;
    SmiModule *smiModule;
    int i, oidlen, first = 1;
    const char *modules[] = {
	"SNMPv2-SMI", "SNMPv2-TC", "SNMPv2-CONF",
	"SNMPv2-MIB", "IF-MIB", NULL
    };
    if (argc != 2) {
	fprintf(stderr, "Usage: smisubtree oid);
	exit(1);
    }
    smiInit(NULL);
    for (i = 0; modules[i]; i++) {
	fprintf(stderr, "loading MIB module '%s', modules[i]);
	(void) smiLoadModule(modules[i]);
    }
    for((smiNode = smiGetNode(NULL, argv[1])) &&
	    (oidlen = smiNode->oidlen);
	smiNode && (first || smiNode->oidlen > oidlen);
	smiNode = smiGetNextNode(smiNode, SMI_NODEKIND_ANY),
	    first = 0) {
	printf("%*s%-32s,
	       (smiNode->oidlen - oidlen + 1) * 2, " ",
	       smiNode->name ? smiNode->name : "<?>");
    };
    exit(0);
}

FILES
${prefix}/include/smi.h    SMI library header file

SEE ALSO
RFCs 2578-2580 specify the SMIv2 standard [STD 58]. RFCs 3780-3781 define SMIng as defined by the Network Management Working Group (NMRG).

smi.h, smi_config(3), smi_module(3), smi_node(3), smi_type(3), smi_macro(3),

AUTHOR
(C) 1999-2001 Frank Strauss, TU Braunschweig, Germany <strauss@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>