get_raw_filename(3)
NAME
get_raw_filename — retrieve the pathname of a binary file in a dirfile
SYNOPSIS
#include <getdata.h>
const char *get_raw_filename(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char*field_code);
DESCRIPTION
get_raw_filename() function retrieves the pathname of the file backing the RAW field specified by field_code in the dirfile specified by dirfile. If field_code contains a valid representation suffix, it will be ignored.RETURN VALUE
On success, get_raw_filename() returns the full pathname of the binary file associated with the specified field. On error, NULL is returned and the dirfile error is set to a non-zero error value. Possible error values are:
GD_E_ALLOC- The library was unable to allocate memory.
GD_E_BAD_CODE- The field specified by field_code was not found.
GD_E_BAD_DIRFILE- The supplied dirfile was invalid.
GD_E_BAD_FIELD_TYPE- The field specified by field_code was not a
RAWfield. GD_E_BAD_REPR- The representation suffix specified in field_code was not recognised.
GD_E_UNKNOWN_ENCODING- The encoding scheme of the specified field could not be determined or was not understood by GetData. 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
get_entry(3), get_error(3), get_error_string(3), dirfile(5), dirfile-encoding(5), dirfile-format(5)