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 198
 199 <h1>Object Instance <code>luci.model.uci</code></h1>
 200
 201 <p></p>
 202
 203
 204
 205
 206
 207
 208
 209 <h2>Functions</h2>
 210 <table class="function_list">
 211
 212         <tr>
 213         <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#Cursor.add">Cursor:add</a>&nbsp;(config, type)</td>
 214         <td class="summary">
 215
 216 Add an anonymous section.</td>
 217         </tr>
 218
 219         <tr>
 220         <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#Cursor.apply">Cursor:apply</a>&nbsp;(configlist, command)</td>
 221         <td class="summary">
 222
 223 Applies UCI configuration changes
 224  </td>
 225         </tr>
 226
 227         <tr>
 228         <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#Cursor.changes">Cursor:changes</a>&nbsp;(config)</td>
 229         <td class="summary">
 230
 231 Get a table of saved but uncommitted changes.</td>
 232         </tr>
 233
 234         <tr>
 235         <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#Cursor.commit">Cursor:commit</a>&nbsp;(config)</td>
 236         <td class="summary">
 237
 238 Commit saved changes.</td>
 239         </tr>
 240
 241         <tr>
 242         <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#Cursor.delete">Cursor:delete</a>&nbsp;(config, section, option)</td>
 243         <td class="summary">
 244
 245 Deletes a section or an option.</td>
 246         </tr>
 247
 248         <tr>
 249         <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#Cursor.delete_all">Cursor:delete_all</a>&nbsp;(config, type, comparator)</td>
 250         <td class="summary">
 251
 252 Delete all sections of a given type that match certain criteria.</td>
 253         </tr>
 254
 255         <tr>
 256         <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#Cursor.foreach">Cursor:foreach</a>&nbsp;(config, type, callback)</td>
 257         <td class="summary">
 258
 259 Call a function for every section of a certain type.</td>
 260         </tr>
 261
 262         <tr>
 263         <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#Cursor.get">Cursor:get</a>&nbsp;(config, section, option)</td>
 264         <td class="summary">
 265
 266 Get a section type or an option
 267  </td>
 268         </tr>
 269
 270         <tr>
 271         <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#Cursor.get_all">Cursor:get_all</a>&nbsp;(config, section)</td>
 272         <td class="summary">
 273
 274 Get all sections of a config or all values of a section.</td>
 275         </tr>
 276
 277         <tr>
 278         <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#Cursor.get_bool">Cursor:get_bool</a>&nbsp;(config, section, option)</td>
 279         <td class="summary">
 280
 281 Get a boolean option and return it's value as true or false.</td>
 282         </tr>
 283
 284         <tr>
 285         <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#Cursor.get_confdir">Cursor:get_confdir</a>&nbsp;()</td>
 286         <td class="summary">
 287
 288 Get the configuration directory.</td>
 289         </tr>
 290
 291         <tr>
 292         <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#Cursor.get_first">Cursor:get_first</a>&nbsp;(config, type, option, default)</td>
 293         <td class="summary">
 294
 295 Get the given option from the first section with the given type.</td>
 296         </tr>
 297
 298         <tr>
 299         <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#Cursor.get_list">Cursor:get_list</a>&nbsp;(config, section, option)</td>
 300         <td class="summary">
 301
 302 Get an option or list and return values as table.</td>
 303         </tr>
 304
 305         <tr>
 306         <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#Cursor.get_savedir">Cursor:get_savedir</a>&nbsp;()</td>
 307         <td class="summary">
 308
 309 Get the directory for uncomitted changes.</td>
 310         </tr>
 311
 312         <tr>
 313         <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#Cursor.load">Cursor:load</a>&nbsp;(config)</td>
 314         <td class="summary">
 315
 316 Manually load a config.</td>
 317         </tr>
 318
 319         <tr>
 320         <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#Cursor.revert">Cursor:revert</a>&nbsp;(config)</td>
 321         <td class="summary">
 322
 323 Revert saved but uncommitted changes.</td>
 324         </tr>
 325
 326         <tr>
 327         <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#Cursor.save">Cursor:save</a>&nbsp;(config)</td>
 328         <td class="summary">
 329
 330 Saves changes made to a config to make them committable.</td>
 331         </tr>
 332
 333         <tr>
 334         <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#Cursor.section">Cursor:section</a>&nbsp;(config, type, name, values)</td>
 335         <td class="summary">
 336
 337 Create a new section and initialize it with data.</td>
 338         </tr>
 339
 340         <tr>
 341         <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#Cursor.set">Cursor:set</a>&nbsp;(config, section, option, value)</td>
 342         <td class="summary">
 343
 344 Set a value or create a named section.</td>
 345         </tr>
 346
 347         <tr>
 348         <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#Cursor.set_confdir">Cursor:set_confdir</a>&nbsp;(directory)</td>
 349         <td class="summary">
 350
 351 Set the configuration directory.</td>
 352         </tr>
 353
 354         <tr>
 355         <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#Cursor.set_list">Cursor:set_list</a>&nbsp;(config, section, option, value)</td>
 356         <td class="summary">
 357
 358 Set given values as list.</td>
 359         </tr>
 360
 361         <tr>
 362         <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#Cursor.set_savedir">Cursor:set_savedir</a>&nbsp;(directory)</td>
 363         <td class="summary">
 364
 365 Set the directory for uncommited changes.</td>
 366         </tr>
 367
 368         <tr>
 369         <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#Cursor.substate">Cursor:substate</a>&nbsp;()</td>
 370         <td class="summary">
 371
 372 Create a sub-state of this cursor.</td>
 373         </tr>
 374
 375         <tr>
 376         <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#Cursor.tset">Cursor:tset</a>&nbsp;(config, section, values)</td>
 377         <td class="summary">
 378
 379 Updated the data of a section using data from a table.</td>
 380         </tr>
 381
 382         <tr>
 383         <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#Cursor.unload">Cursor:unload</a>&nbsp;(config)</td>
 384         <td class="summary">
 385
 386 Discard changes made to a config.</td>
 387         </tr>
 388
 389         <tr>
 390         <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#cursor">cursor</a>&nbsp;()</td>
 391         <td class="summary">
 392
 393 Create a new UCI-Cursor.</td>
 394         </tr>
 395
 396         <tr>
 397         <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#cursor_state">cursor_state</a>&nbsp;()</td>
 398         <td class="summary">
 399
 400 Create a new Cursor initialized to the state directory.</td>
 401         </tr>
 402
 403 </table>
 404
 405
 406
 407
 408
 409
 410 <br/>
 411 <br/>
 412
 413
 414 <h2><a name="functions"></a>Functions</h2>
 415 <dl class="function">
 416
 417
 418
 419 <dt><a name="Cursor.add"></a><strong>Cursor:add</strong>&nbsp;(config, type)</dt>
 420 <dd>
 421
 422
 423 Add an anonymous section.
 424
 425
 426
 427 <h3>Parameters</h3>
 428 <ul>
 429
 430         <li>
 431           config: UCI config
 432         </li>
 433
 434         <li>
 435           type: UCI section type
 436         </li>
 437
 438 </ul>
 439
 440
 441
 442
 443
 444
 445 <h3>Return value:</h3>
 446 Name of created section
 447
 448
 449
 450 </dd>
 451
 452
 453
 454
 455 <dt><a name="Cursor.apply"></a><strong>Cursor:apply</strong>&nbsp;(configlist, command)</dt>
 456 <dd>
 457
 458
 459 Applies UCI configuration changes
 460
 461
 462
 463 <h3>Parameters</h3>
 464 <ul>
 465
 466         <li>
 467           configlist: List of UCI configurations
 468         </li>
 469
 470         <li>
 471           command: Don't apply only return the command
 472         </li>
 473
 474 </ul>
 475
 476
 477
 478
 479
 480
 481
 482
 483 </dd>
 484
 485
 486
 487
 488 <dt><a name="Cursor.changes"></a><strong>Cursor:changes</strong>&nbsp;(config)</dt>
 489 <dd>
 490
 491
 492 Get a table of saved but uncommitted changes.
 493
 494
 495
 496 <h3>Parameters</h3>
 497 <ul>
 498
 499         <li>
 500           config: UCI config
 501         </li>
 502
 503 </ul>
 504
 505
 506
 507
 508
 509
 510 <h3>Return value:</h3>
 511 Table of changes
 512
 513
 514
 515 <h3>See also:</h3>
 516 <ul>
 517
 518         <li><a href="#Cursor.save">
 519                 Cursor:save
 520         </a>
 521
 522 </ul>
 523
 524 </dd>
 525
 526
 527
 528
 529 <dt><a name="Cursor.commit"></a><strong>Cursor:commit</strong>&nbsp;(config)</dt>
 530 <dd>
 531
 532
 533 Commit saved changes.
 534
 535
 536
 537 <h3>Parameters</h3>
 538 <ul>
 539
 540         <li>
 541           config: UCI config
 542         </li>
 543
 544 </ul>
 545
 546
 547
 548
 549
 550
 551 <h3>Return value:</h3>
 552 Boolean whether operation succeeded
 553
 554
 555
 556 <h3>See also:</h3>
 557 <ul>
 558
 559         <li><a href="#Cursor.revert">
 560                 Cursor:revert
 561         </a>
 562
 563         <li><a href="#Cursor.save">
 564                 Cursor:save
 565         </a>
 566
 567 </ul>
 568
 569 </dd>
 570
 571
 572
 573
 574 <dt><a name="Cursor.delete"></a><strong>Cursor:delete</strong>&nbsp;(config, section, option)</dt>
 575 <dd>
 576
 577
 578 Deletes a section or an option.
 579
 580
 581
 582 <h3>Parameters</h3>
 583 <ul>
 584
 585         <li>
 586           config: UCI config
 587         </li>
 588
 589         <li>
 590           section: UCI section name
 591         </li>
 592
 593         <li>
 594           option: UCI option (optional)
 595         </li>
 596
 597 </ul>
 598
 599
 600
 601
 602
 603
 604 <h3>Return value:</h3>
 605 Boolean whether operation succeeded
 606
 607
 608
 609 </dd>
 610
 611
 612
 613
 614 <dt><a name="Cursor.delete_all"></a><strong>Cursor:delete_all</strong>&nbsp;(config, type, comparator)</dt>
 615 <dd>
 616
 617
 618 Delete all sections of a given type that match certain criteria.
 619
 620
 621
 622 <h3>Parameters</h3>
 623 <ul>
 624
 625         <li>
 626           config: UCI config
 627         </li>
 628
 629         <li>
 630           type: UCI section type
 631         </li>
 632
 633         <li>
 634           comparator: Function that will be called for each section and
 635 returns a boolean whether to delete the current section (optional)
 636         </li>
 637
 638 </ul>
 639
 640
 641
 642
 643
 644
 645
 646
 647 </dd>
 648
 649
 650
 651
 652 <dt><a name="Cursor.foreach"></a><strong>Cursor:foreach</strong>&nbsp;(config, type, callback)</dt>
 653 <dd>
 654
 655
 656 Call a function for every section of a certain type.
 657
 658
 659
 660 <h3>Parameters</h3>
 661 <ul>
 662
 663         <li>
 664           config: UCI config
 665         </li>
 666
 667         <li>
 668           type: UCI section type
 669         </li>
 670
 671         <li>
 672           callback: Function to be called
 673         </li>
 674
 675 </ul>
 676
 677
 678
 679
 680
 681
 682 <h3>Return value:</h3>
 683 Boolean whether operation succeeded
 684
 685
 686
 687 </dd>
 688
 689
 690
 691
 692 <dt><a name="Cursor.get"></a><strong>Cursor:get</strong>&nbsp;(config, section, option)</dt>
 693 <dd>
 694
 695
 696 Get a section type or an option
 697
 698
 699
 700 <h3>Parameters</h3>
 701 <ul>
 702
 703         <li>
 704           config: UCI config
 705         </li>
 706
 707         <li>
 708           section: UCI section name
 709         </li>
 710
 711         <li>
 712           option: UCI option (optional)
 713         </li>
 714
 715 </ul>
 716
 717
 718
 719
 720
 721
 722 <h3>Return value:</h3>
 723 UCI value
 724
 725
 726
 727 </dd>
 728
 729
 730
 731
 732 <dt><a name="Cursor.get_all"></a><strong>Cursor:get_all</strong>&nbsp;(config, section)</dt>
 733 <dd>
 734
 735
 736 Get all sections of a config or all values of a section.
 737
 738
 739
 740 <h3>Parameters</h3>
 741 <ul>
 742
 743         <li>
 744           config: UCI config
 745         </li>
 746
 747         <li>
 748           section: UCI section name (optional)
 749         </li>
 750
 751 </ul>
 752
 753
 754
 755
 756
 757
 758 <h3>Return value:</h3>
 759 Table of UCI sections or table of UCI values
 760
 761
 762
 763 </dd>
 764
 765
 766
 767
 768 <dt><a name="Cursor.get_bool"></a><strong>Cursor:get_bool</strong>&nbsp;(config, section, option)</dt>
 769 <dd>
 770
 771
 772 Get a boolean option and return it's value as true or false.
 773
 774
 775
 776 <h3>Parameters</h3>
 777 <ul>
 778
 779         <li>
 780           config: UCI config
 781         </li>
 782
 783         <li>
 784           section: UCI section name
 785         </li>
 786
 787         <li>
 788           option: UCI option
 789         </li>
 790
 791 </ul>
 792
 793
 794
 795
 796
 797
 798 <h3>Return value:</h3>
 799 Boolean
 800
 801
 802
 803 </dd>
 804
 805
 806
 807
 808 <dt><a name="Cursor.get_confdir"></a><strong>Cursor:get_confdir</strong>&nbsp;()</dt>
 809 <dd>
 810
 811
 812 Get the configuration directory.
 813
 814
 815
 816
 817
 818
 819
 820
 821 <h3>Return value:</h3>
 822 Configuration directory
 823
 824
 825
 826 </dd>
 827
 828
 829
 830
 831 <dt><a name="Cursor.get_first"></a><strong>Cursor:get_first</strong>&nbsp;(config, type, option, default)</dt>
 832 <dd>
 833
 834
 835 Get the given option from the first section with the given type.
 836
 837
 838
 839 <h3>Parameters</h3>
 840 <ul>
 841
 842         <li>
 843           config: UCI config
 844         </li>
 845
 846         <li>
 847           type: UCI section type
 848         </li>
 849
 850         <li>
 851           option: UCI option (optional)
 852         </li>
 853
 854         <li>
 855           default: Default value (optional)
 856         </li>
 857
 858 </ul>
 859
 860
 861
 862
 863
 864
 865 <h3>Return value:</h3>
 866 UCI value
 867
 868
 869
 870 </dd>
 871
 872
 873
 874
 875 <dt><a name="Cursor.get_list"></a><strong>Cursor:get_list</strong>&nbsp;(config, section, option)</dt>
 876 <dd>
 877
 878
 879 Get an option or list and return values as table.
 880
 881
 882
 883 <h3>Parameters</h3>
 884 <ul>
 885
 886         <li>
 887           config: UCI config
 888         </li>
 889
 890         <li>
 891           section: UCI section name
 892         </li>
 893
 894         <li>
 895           option: UCI option
 896         </li>
 897
 898 </ul>
 899
 900
 901
 902
 903
 904
 905 <h3>Return value:</h3>
 906 table.  If the option was not found, you will simply get
 907                 an empty table.
 908
 909
 910
 911 </dd>
 912
 913
 914
 915
 916 <dt><a name="Cursor.get_savedir"></a><strong>Cursor:get_savedir</strong>&nbsp;()</dt>
 917 <dd>
 918
 919
 920 Get the directory for uncomitted changes.
 921
 922
 923
 924
 925
 926
 927
 928
 929 <h3>Return value:</h3>
 930 Save directory
 931
 932
 933
 934 </dd>
 935
 936
 937
 938
 939 <dt><a name="Cursor.load"></a><strong>Cursor:load</strong>&nbsp;(config)</dt>
 940 <dd>
 941
 942
 943 Manually load a config.
 944
 945
 946
 947 <h3>Parameters</h3>
 948 <ul>
 949
 950         <li>
 951           config: UCI config
 952         </li>
 953
 954 </ul>
 955
 956
 957
 958
 959
 960
 961 <h3>Return value:</h3>
 962 Boolean whether operation succeeded
 963
 964
 965
 966 <h3>See also:</h3>
 967 <ul>
 968
 969         <li><a href="#Cursor.save">
 970                 Cursor:save
 971         </a>
 972
 973         <li><a href="#Cursor.unload">
 974                 Cursor:unload
 975         </a>
 976
 977 </ul>
 978
 979 </dd>
 980
 981
 982
 983
 984 <dt><a name="Cursor.revert"></a><strong>Cursor:revert</strong>&nbsp;(config)</dt>
 985 <dd>
 986
 987
 988 Revert saved but uncommitted changes.
 989
 990
 991
 992 <h3>Parameters</h3>
 993 <ul>
 994
 995         <li>
 996           config: UCI config
 997         </li>
 998
 999 </ul>
1000
1001
1002
1003
1004
1005
1006 <h3>Return value:</h3>
1007 Boolean whether operation succeeded
1008
1009
1010
1011 <h3>See also:</h3>
1012 <ul>
1013
1014         <li><a href="#Cursor.commit">
1015                 Cursor:commit
1016         </a>
1017
1018         <li><a href="#Cursor.save">
1019                 Cursor:save
1020         </a>
1021
1022 </ul>
1023
1024 </dd>
1025
1026
1027
1028
1029 <dt><a name="Cursor.save"></a><strong>Cursor:save</strong>&nbsp;(config)</dt>
1030 <dd>
1031
1032
1033 Saves changes made to a config to make them committable.
1034
1035
1036
1037 <h3>Parameters</h3>
1038 <ul>
1039
1040         <li>
1041           config: UCI config
1042         </li>
1043
1044 </ul>
1045
1046
1047
1048
1049
1050
1051 <h3>Return value:</h3>
1052 Boolean whether operation succeeded
1053
1054
1055
1056 <h3>See also:</h3>
1057 <ul>
1058
1059         <li><a href="#Cursor.load">
1060                 Cursor:load
1061         </a>
1062
1063         <li><a href="#Cursor.unload">
1064                 Cursor:unload
1065         </a>
1066
1067 </ul>
1068
1069 </dd>
1070
1071
1072
1073
1074 <dt><a name="Cursor.section"></a><strong>Cursor:section</strong>&nbsp;(config, type, name, values)</dt>
1075 <dd>
1076
1077
1078 Create a new section and initialize it with data.
1079
1080
1081
1082 <h3>Parameters</h3>
1083 <ul>
1084
1085         <li>
1086           config: UCI config
1087         </li>
1088
1089         <li>
1090           type: UCI section type
1091         </li>
1092
1093         <li>
1094           name: UCI section name (optional)
1095         </li>
1096
1097         <li>
1098           values: Table of key - value pairs to initialize the section with
1099         </li>
1100
1101 </ul>
1102
1103
1104
1105
1106
1107
1108 <h3>Return value:</h3>
1109 Name of created section
1110
1111
1112
1113 </dd>
1114
1115
1116
1117
1118 <dt><a name="Cursor.set"></a><strong>Cursor:set</strong>&nbsp;(config, section, option, value)</dt>
1119 <dd>
1120
1121
1122 Set a value or create a named section.
1123
1124 When invoked with three arguments <code>config</code>, <code>sectionname</code>, <code>sectiontype</code>,
1125 then a named section of the given type is created.
1126
1127 When invoked with four arguments <code>config</code>, <code>sectionname</code>, <code>optionname</code> and
1128 <code>optionvalue</code> then the value of the specified option is set to the given value.
1129
1130
1131
1132 <h3>Parameters</h3>
1133 <ul>
1134
1135         <li>
1136           config: UCI config
1137         </li>
1138
1139         <li>
1140           section: UCI section name
1141         </li>
1142
1143         <li>
1144           option: UCI option or UCI section type
1145         </li>
1146
1147         <li>
1148           value: UCI value or nothing if you want to create a section
1149         </li>
1150
1151 </ul>
1152
1153
1154
1155
1156
1157
1158 <h3>Return value:</h3>
1159 Boolean whether operation succeeded
1160
1161
1162
1163 </dd>
1164
1165
1166
1167
1168 <dt><a name="Cursor.set_confdir"></a><strong>Cursor:set_confdir</strong>&nbsp;(directory)</dt>
1169 <dd>
1170
1171
1172 Set the configuration directory.
1173
1174
1175
1176 <h3>Parameters</h3>
1177 <ul>
1178
1179         <li>
1180           directory: UCI configuration directory
1181         </li>
1182
1183 </ul>
1184
1185
1186
1187
1188
1189
1190 <h3>Return value:</h3>
1191 Boolean whether operation succeeded
1192
1193
1194
1195 </dd>
1196
1197
1198
1199
1200 <dt><a name="Cursor.set_list"></a><strong>Cursor:set_list</strong>&nbsp;(config, section, option, value)</dt>
1201 <dd>
1202
1203
1204 Set given values as list. Setting a list option to an empty list
1205 has the same effect as deleting the option.
1206
1207
1208
1209 <h3>Parameters</h3>
1210 <ul>
1211
1212         <li>
1213           config: UCI config
1214         </li>
1215
1216         <li>
1217           section: UCI section name
1218         </li>
1219
1220         <li>
1221           option: UCI option
1222         </li>
1223
1224         <li>
1225           value: value or table. Raw values will become a single item table.
1226         </li>
1227
1228 </ul>
1229
1230
1231
1232
1233
1234
1235 <h3>Return value:</h3>
1236 Boolean whether operation succeeded
1237
1238
1239
1240 </dd>
1241
1242
1243
1244
1245 <dt><a name="Cursor.set_savedir"></a><strong>Cursor:set_savedir</strong>&nbsp;(directory)</dt>
1246 <dd>
1247
1248
1249 Set the directory for uncommited changes.
1250
1251
1252
1253 <h3>Parameters</h3>
1254 <ul>
1255
1256         <li>
1257           directory: UCI changes directory
1258         </li>
1259
1260 </ul>
1261
1262
1263
1264
1265
1266
1267 <h3>Return value:</h3>
1268 Boolean whether operation succeeded
1269
1270
1271
1272 </dd>
1273
1274
1275
1276
1277 <dt><a name="Cursor.substate"></a><strong>Cursor:substate</strong>&nbsp;()</dt>
1278 <dd>
1279
1280
1281 Create a sub-state of this cursor. The sub-state is tied to the parent
1282
1283 curser, means it the parent unloads or loads configs, the sub state will
1284 do so as well.
1285
1286
1287
1288
1289
1290
1291
1292 <h3>Return value:</h3>
1293 UCI state cursor tied to the parent cursor
1294
1295
1296
1297 </dd>
1298
1299
1300
1301
1302 <dt><a name="Cursor.tset"></a><strong>Cursor:tset</strong>&nbsp;(config, section, values)</dt>
1303 <dd>
1304
1305
1306 Updated the data of a section using data from a table.
1307
1308
1309
1310 <h3>Parameters</h3>
1311 <ul>
1312
1313         <li>
1314           config: UCI config
1315         </li>
1316
1317         <li>
1318           section: UCI section name (optional)
1319         </li>
1320
1321         <li>
1322           values: Table of key - value pairs to update the section with
1323         </li>
1324
1325 </ul>
1326
1327
1328
1329
1330
1331
1332
1333
1334 </dd>
1335
1336
1337
1338
1339 <dt><a name="Cursor.unload"></a><strong>Cursor:unload</strong>&nbsp;(config)</dt>
1340 <dd>
1341
1342
1343 Discard changes made to a config.
1344
1345
1346
1347 <h3>Parameters</h3>
1348 <ul>
1349
1350         <li>
1351           config: UCI config
1352         </li>
1353
1354 </ul>
1355
1356
1357
1358
1359
1360
1361 <h3>Return value:</h3>
1362 Boolean whether operation succeeded
1363
1364
1365
1366 <h3>See also:</h3>
1367 <ul>
1368
1369         <li><a href="#Cursor.load">
1370                 Cursor:load
1371         </a>
1372
1373         <li><a href="#Cursor.save">
1374                 Cursor:save
1375         </a>
1376
1377 </ul>
1378
1379 </dd>
1380
1381
1382
1383
1384 <dt><a name="cursor"></a><strong>cursor</strong>&nbsp;()</dt>
1385 <dd>
1386
1387
1388 Create a new UCI-Cursor.
1389
1390
1391
1392
1393
1394
1395
1396
1397 <h3>Return value:</h3>
1398 UCI-Cursor
1399
1400
1401
1402 </dd>
1403
1404
1405
1406
1407 <dt><a name="cursor_state"></a><strong>cursor_state</strong>&nbsp;()</dt>
1408 <dd>
1409
1410
1411 Create a new Cursor initialized to the state directory.
1412
1413
1414
1415
1416
1417
1418
1419
1420 <h3>Return value:</h3>
1421 UCI cursor
1422
1423
1424
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