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gd_nfragments

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NAME

gd_nfragments — retrieve the number of format specification fragments in a dirfile

SYNOPSIS

#include <getdata.h>

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)