debian man page for gd_entry_type

gd_entry_type(3)						      GETDATA							  gd_entry_type(3)

NAME
       gd_entry_type -- retrieve the type of a dirfile field

SYNOPSIS
       #include <getdata.h>

       gd_entype_t gd_entry_type(const DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_code);

DESCRIPTION
       The  gd_entry_type()  function  queries	a  dirfile(5)  database  specified by dirfile and returns the field type of the field specified by
       field_code.  If field_code contains a valid representation suffix, it will be ignored.

       The gd_entype_t type is an enumerated type which may take any of the following values:

	      GD_BIT_ENTRY, GD_CARRAY_ENTRY, GD_CONST_ENTRY, GD_DIVIDE_ENTRY, GD_INDEX_ENTRY, GD_LINCOM_ENTRY, GD_LINTERP_ENTRY,
	      GD_MULTIPLY_ENTRY, GD_PHASE_ENTRY, GD_POLYNOM_ENTRY, GD_RAW_ENTRY, GD_RECIP_ENTRY, GD_SBIT_ENTRY, GD_STRING_ENTRY.

RETURN VALUE
       Upon  successful  completion, gd_entry_type() returns the field type of the specified field.  On error, gd_entry_type() returns GD_NO_ENTRY
       and sets the dirfile error a non-zero error value.  Possible error values are:

       GD_E_BAD_DIRFILE
	       The supplied dirfile was invalid.

       GD_E_BAD_CODE
	       The field specified by field_code was not found in the database.

       GD_E_BAD_REPR
	       The representation suffix specified in field_code was not recognised.

       The dirfile error may be retrieved by calling gd_error(3).  A descriptive error string for the last error encountered can be obtained  from
       a call to gd_error_string(3).

SEE ALSO
       gd_cbopen(3), gd_entry(3), gd_error(3), gd_error_string(3), gd_fragmentname(3), gd_parent_fragment(3), dirfile(5)

Version 0.7.0							  3 November 2010						  gd_entry_type(3)