GetBansXML

	This function is deprecated. This means that its use is discouraged and that it might not exist in future versions, but there should be a more generic way to perform what it does.

Please use getBans

This function retrieves the root xmlnode of the ban file (server/mods/deathmatch/banlist.xml).

Syntax

xmlnode getBansXML ()

Returns

Returns a xmlnode, false if something went wrong.

Example

This example prints the amount of bans in the banfile to the chat when player uses command banamount.

function tellPlayerBanAmount ( thePlayer )
    local bansNode = getBansXML () -- get the root node of ban file
    local children = xmlNodeGetChildren ( bansNode ) -- get the children (bans) of the root xml node
    outputChatBox ( "There are " .. #children .. " bans in the ban file.", thePlayer ) -- print the size of children table to the chat
end
addCommandHandler ( "banamount", tellPlayerBanAmount )

See Also

• addBan
• banPlayer
• getBanAdmin
• getBanIP
• getBanNick
• getBanReason
• getBanSerial
• getBanTime
• getBanUsername
• getBans
• getUnbanTime
• isBan
• kickPlayer
• setBanAdmin
• setBanNick
• setBanReason
• setUnbanTime
• reloadBans
• removeBan