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.TH "AUDIT_GET_REPLY" "3" "Oct 2006" "Red Hat" "Linux Audit API"
.SH NAME
audit_get_reply \- Get the audit system's reply
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <libaudit.h>
.sp
int audit_get_reply(int fd, struct audit_reply *rep, reply_t block, int peek);

.SH "DESCRIPTION"
This function gets the next data packet sent on the audit netlink socket. This function is usually called after sending a command to the audit system. fd should be an open file descriptor returned by audit_open. rep should be a data structure to put the reply in. block is of type reply_t which is either: GET_REPLY_BLOCKING and GET_REPLY_NONBLOCKING. peek, if non-zero, gets the data without dequeueing it from the netlink socket.

.SH "RETURN VALUE"

This function returns \-1 on error, 0 if error response received, and positive value on success.

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.BR audit_open (3).

.SH AUTHOR
Steve Grubb