ppd_file_new(3)

Parse a ppd file and load it into the

Section 3 libppd-dev bookworm source

Description

ppd_file_new_from_filep

NAME

ppd_file_new_from_filep, ppd_file_new_from_fd, ppd_file_new - Parse a ppd file and load it into the ppd_file_t structure.

SYNOPSIS

#include <ppd.h>

ppd_file_t *ppd_file_new_from_filep(FILE* fp");"

ppd_file_t *ppd_file_new_from_fd(int fd");"

ppd_file_t *ppd_file_new(const char * filename");"

DESCRIPTION

The ppd_file_new_from_filep function parses the specified PPD file.

RETURN VALUES

Upon successful completion ppd_file_new_from_filep, ppd_file_new_from_fd , ppd_file_new return a ppd_file_t pointer. Otherwise, NULL is returned and errno is set.
ENODEV

the FILE pointer passed into ppd_file_new_from_filep or the file descriptor passed into ppd_file_new_from_fd is NULL.

EBADF

the file doesn’t appear to be a PPD file.

ENOTTY

no idea what these errors are. Probably PPD parse errors.

Other errors can be returned in errno by a failure in fdopen or fopen.