gd_nfragments(3)
gd_nfragments — retrieve the number of format specification fragments in a dirfile
Description
gd_nfragments
NAME
gd_nfragments — retrieve the number of format specification fragments in a dirfile
SYNOPSIS
#include <getdata.h>
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int gd_nfragments(const DIRFILE *dirfile); |
DESCRIPTION
The gd_nfragments() function queries a dirfile(5) database specified by dirfile and returns the total number of parsed format specification fragments in the database.
The dirfile argument must point to a valid DIRFILE object previously created by a call to gd_open(3).
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, gd_nfragments() returns the total number of format specification fragments which are present in the dirfile.
On error, this
function return zero and store a negative-valued error code
in the DIRFILE object which may be retrieved by a
subsequent call to gd_error(3). Possible error codes
are:
GD_E_BAD_DIRFILE
The supplied dirfile was invalid.
A descriptive error string for the error may be obtained by calling gd_error_string(3).
HISTORY
The get_nfragments() function appeared in GetData-0.4.0.
In GetData-0.7.0, this function was renamed to gd_nfragments().
SEE ALSO
dirfile(5), gd_fragmentname(3), gd_include(3), gd_open(3), gd_parent_fragment(3)