mg (meta get)

Protocols: memcached meta

Generic retrieval. Flags select what to return (value, CAS, flags, size, TTL, last-access, hit-flag), what to do on miss (auto-vivify, suppress response), and whether to refresh the TTL on hit.

Synopsis

mg <key> [flags...]\r\n

Common flags

Flag	Effect
v	Return value (otherwise header-only)
c	Return CAS
f	Return client flags
s	Return item size
t	Return remaining TTL
l	Return seconds since last access
h	Return hit flag
k	Echo key in response
q	Quiet on miss (no EN)
u	Do not bump LRU
T(token)	Refresh TTL to token seconds
N(token)	Auto-vivify with TTL on miss
O(token)	Opaque correlator

Full table: Meta flags reference.

Responses

Token	Meaning
HD	Hit (header only)
VA <size>	Hit with value (when v set); body follows
EN	Miss

Examples

> set k 7 0 5
> hello
< STORED
> mg k v c f
< VA 5 c1 f7
< hello
> mg absent
< EN
> mg absent N60 v
< VA 0