get_protection (3) Linux Manual Page
NAME
get_protection — report the protection level of a dirfile fragment
SYNOPSIS
#include <getdata.h>
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int get_protection(DIRFILE *dirfile, intfragment_index);
DESCRIPTION
get_protection() function queries a dirfile(5) database specified by dirfile and returns the advisory protection level for the fragment indexed by fragment_index.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, get_protection() returns the advisory protection level of the specified fragment, which will be one of the following symbols.
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GD_PROTECT_NONE,~GD_PROTECT_FORMAT,~GD_PROTECT_DATA,~GD_PROTECT_ALL. The meaning of these symbols are explained in thedirfile_protect(3) man page. On error, it returns -1 and sets the dirfile error to a non-zero error value. Possible error values are: GD_E_BAD_DIRFILE- The supplied dirfile was invalid.
GD_E_BAD_INDEX- The supplied index was out of range. The dirfile error may be retrieved by calling
get_error(3). A descriptive error string for the last error encountered can be obtained from a call toget_error_string(3).
SEE ALSO
dirfile_open(3), dirfile_protect(3), getdata(3), get_error(3), get_error_string(3), dirfile(5), dirfile-format(5)