From: oetiker <oetiker@a5681a0c-68f1-0310-ab6d-d61299d08faa>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:21:13 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Moved rrd_dump_cb_r() to section "CORE FUNCTIONS" since this is not a utility functio... 
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Moved rrd_dump_cb_r() to section "CORE FUNCTIONS" since this is not a utility function but rather part of RRDtool's core. -- Sebastian Harl


git-svn-id: svn://svn.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/trunk/program@1918 a5681a0c-68f1-0310-ab6d-d61299d08faa
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diff --git a/doc/librrd.pod b/doc/librrd.pod
index 4daa93c..038746c 100644
--- a/doc/librrd.pod
+++ b/doc/librrd.pod
@@ -16,9 +16,52 @@ B<NOTE:> This document is a work in progress, and should be considered
 incomplete as long as this warning persists.  For more information about
 the B<librrd> functions, always consult the source code.
 
+=head1 CORE FUNCTIONS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<rrd_dump_cb_r(char *filename, int opt_header, rrd_output_callback_t cb, void *user)>
+
+In some situations it is necessary to get the output of C<rrd_dump> without
+writing it to a file or the standard output. In such cases an application
+can ask B<rrd_dump_cb_r> to call an user-defined function each time there
+is output to be stored somewhere. This can be used, to e.g. directly feed
+an XML parser with the dumped output or transfer the resulting string
+in memory.
+
+The arguments for B<rrd_dump_cb_r> are the same as for B<rrd_dump_opt_r>
+except that the output filename parameter is replaced by the user-defined
+callback function and an additional parameter for the callback function
+that is passed untouched, i.e. to store information about the callback state
+needed for the user-defined callback to function properly.
+
+Recent versions of B<rrd_dump_opt_r> internally use this callback mechanism
+to write their output to the file provided by the user.
+
+    size_t rrd_dump_opt_cb_fileout(
+        const void *data,
+        size_t len,
+        void *user)
+    {
+        return fwrite(data, 1, len, (FILE *)user);
+    }
+
+The associated call for B<rrd_dump_cb_r> looks like
+
+    res = rrd_dump_cb_r(filename, opt_header,
+        rrd_dump_opt_cb_fileout, (void *)out_file);
+
+where the last parameter specifies the file handle B<rrd_dump_opt_cb_fileout>
+should write to. There's no specific condition for the callback to detect
+when it is called for the first time, nor for the last time. If you require
+this for initialization and cleanup you should do those tasks before and
+after calling B<rrd_dump_cr_r> respectively.
+
+=back
+
 =head1 UTILITY FUNCTIONS
 
-=over
+=over 4
 
 =item B<rrd_random()>
 
@@ -86,41 +129,4 @@ Insufficient memory was available.
 In contrast to L<mkdir(2)>, the function does B<not> fail if C<pathname>
 already exists and is a directory.
 
-=item B<rrd_dump_cr_r(char *filename, int opt_header, rrd_output_callback_t cb, void *user)>
-
-In some situations it is necessary to get the output of C<rrd_dump> without
-writing it to a file or the standard output. In such cases an application
-can ask B<rrd_dump_cb_r> to call an user-defined function each time there
-is output to be stored somewhere. This can be used, to e.g. directly feed
-an XML parser with the dumped output or transfer the resulting string
-in memory.
-
-The arguments for B<rrd_dump_cb_r> are the same as for B<rrd_dump_opt_r>
-except that the output filename parameter is replaced by the user-defined
-callback function and an additional parameter for the callback function
-that is passed untouched, i.e. to store information about the callback state
-needed for the user-defined callback to function properly.
-
-Recent versions of B<rrd_dump_opt_r> internally use this callback mechanism
-to write their output to the file provided by the user.
-
-    size_t rrd_dump_opt_cb_fileout(
-        const void *data,
-        size_t len,
-        void *user)
-    {
-        return fwrite(data, 1, len, (FILE *)user);
-    }
-
-The associated call for B<rrd_dump_cb_r> looks like
-
-    res = rrd_dump_cb_r(filename, opt_header,
-        rrd_dump_opt_cb_fileout, (void *)out_file);
-
-where the last parameter specifies the file handle B<rrd_dump_opt_cb_fileout>
-should write to. There's no specific condition for the callback to detect
-when it is called for the first time, nor for the last time. If you require
-this for initialization and cleanup you should do those tasks before and
-after calling B<rrd_dump_cr_r> respectively.
-
 =back