debian man page for gd_nmfields

Query: gd_nmfields

OS: debian

Section: 3

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gd_nmfields(3)							      GETDATA							    gd_nmfields(3)

NAME
gd_nmfields -- report the number of metafields in a dirfile
SYNOPSIS
#include <getdata.h> unsigned int gd_nmfields(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *parent);
DESCRIPTION
The gd_nmfields() function queries a dirfile(5) database specified by dirfile and returns the number of metafields defined in the database for the parent field specified by parent. 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_nmfields() returns the number of defined metafields for the given parent. On error, it returns zero and sets the dirfile error to a non-zero error value. Possible error values are: GD_E_BAD_CODE The supplied parent field code was not found, or referred to a metafield itself. GD_E_BAD_DIRFILE The supplied dirfile was invalid. 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
dirfile(5), gd_open(3), gd_error(3), gd_error_string(3), gd_mfield_list(3), gd_nfields(3), gd_nmfields_by_type(3), gd_nmvectors(3) Version 0.7.0 16 July 2010 gd_nmfields(3)
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