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.Dd January 26, 2010
.Dt GSS_RELEASE_BUFFER 3 PRM
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm gss_release_buffer
.Nd Discard a buffer
.\" This next command is for sections 2 and 3 only.
.\" .Sh LIBRARY
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In "gssapi/gssapi.h"
.Ft OM_uint32
.Fo gss_release_buffer
.Fa "OM_uint32 *minor_status"
.Fa "gss_buffer_t buffer"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Free storage associated with a buffer.
The storage must have been allocated by a GSS-API routine.
In addition to freeing the associated storage,
the routine will zero the length field in the descriptor to which the
buffer parameter refers,
and implementations are encouraged to additionally set the pointer
field in the descriptor to
.Dv NULL .
Any buffer object returned by a GSS-API routine may be passed to
.Fn gss_release_buffer
(even if there is no storage associated with the buffer).
.Sh PARAMETERS
.Bl -tag -width ".It minor_status"
.It minor_status
Mechanism specific status code.
.It buffer
The storage associated with the buffer will be deleted.
The gss_buffer_desc object will not be freed,
but its length field will be zeroed.
.El
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Bl -tag -width ".It GSS_S_COMPLETE"
.It GSS_S_COMPLETE
Successful completion
.El
.Sh STANDARDS
.Bl -tag -width ".It RFC 2743"
.It RFC 2743
Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Version 2, Update 1
.It RFC 2744
Generic Security Service API Version 2 : C-bindings
.El
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
function first appeared in
.Fx 7.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
John Wray, Iris Associates
.Sh COPYRIGHT
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