memcached_exist(3)

memcached_exist3

Libmemcached documentation

Usage

#include <libmemcached/memcached.h>

Compile and link with -lmemcached

memcached_return_t <#_CPPv418memcached_return_t> memcached_exist(memcached_st <#_CPPv412memcached_st> *ptr, char *key, size_t *key_length)
memcached_return_t <#_CPPv418memcached_return_t> memcached_exist_by_key(memcached_st <#_CPPv412memcached_st> *ptr, char *group_key, size_t *group_key_length, char *key, size_t *key_length)
Parameters
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ptr -- pointer to an initialized memcached_st <#_CPPv412memcached_st> struct

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group_key -- the key namespace

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group_key_length -- length of the group_key without any terminating zero

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key -- the key to check

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key_length -- length of the key without any terminating zero

Returns

memcached_return_t <#_CPPv418memcached_return_t> indicating success

Added in version 0.53.

Overview

memcached_exist() can be used to check if a key exists.

Return value

MEMCACHED_SUCCESS <#_CPPv4N18memcached_return_t17MEMCACHED_SUCCESSE>

The key exists.

MEMCACHED_NOTFOUND <#_CPPv4N18memcached_return_t18MEMCACHED_NOTFOUNDE>

The key was not found.

Releases

8 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 7
  2. 8–11
  3. 12
  4. 13
  5. Arch

From libmemcached-awesome 1.1.4-4 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.