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      xmlns:ui="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/ui/"
      id="mongoc_client_command">


  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="mongoc_client_t" group="function"/>
  </info>
  <title>mongoc_client_command()</title>

  <section id="synopsis">
    <title>Synopsis</title>
    <synopsis><code mime="text/x-csrc"><![CDATA[mongoc_cursor_t *
mongoc_client_command (mongoc_client_t           *client,
                       const char                *db_name,
                       mongoc_query_flags_t       flags,
                       uint32_t                   skip,
                       uint32_t                   limit,
                       uint32_t                   batch_size,
                       const bson_t              *query,
                       const bson_t              *fields,
                       const mongoc_read_prefs_t *read_prefs);
]]></code></synopsis>
    <p>This function executes a command on the server using the database and command specification provided.</p>
  </section>

  <section id="parameters">
    <title>Parameters</title>
    <table>
      <tr><td><p>client</p></td><td><p>A <link xref="mongoc_client_t">mongoc_client_t</link>.</p></td></tr>
      <tr><td><p>db_name</p></td><td><p>The name of the database to run the command on.</p></td></tr>
      <tr><td><p>flags</p></td><td><p>A <link xref="mongoc_query_flags_t">mongoc_query_flags_t</link>.</p></td></tr>
      <tr><td><p>skip</p></td><td><p>The number of result documents to skip.</p></td></tr>
      <tr><td><p>limit</p></td><td><p>The maximum number of documents to return.</p></td></tr>
      <tr><td><p>batch_size</p></td><td><p>The batch size of documents to return from the MongoDB server.</p></td></tr>
      <tr><td><p>query</p></td><td><p>A bson_t containing the command specification.</p></td></tr>
      <tr><td><p>fields</p></td><td><p>An optional bson_t containing the fields to return in result documents.</p></td></tr>
      <tr><td><p>read_prefs</p></td><td><p>An optional <link xref="mongoc_read_prefs_t">mongoc_read_prefs_t</link>.</p></td></tr>
    </table>
  </section>

  <section id="return">
    <title>Returns</title>
    <p>This function will always return a <link xref="mongoc_cursor_t">mongoc_cursor_t</link> if valid parameters are passed.</p>
    <p>The cursor should be freed with <link xref="mongoc_cursor_destroy">mongoc_cursor_destroy()</link>.</p>
  </section>

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