get_endianness (3) Linux Manual Page
get_endianness — report the byte sex of fields in a dirfile
Synopsis
#include <getdata.h>- unsigned long get_endianness(DIRFILE *dirfile, int fragment_index);
Description
The dirfile argument must point to a valid DIRFILE object previously created by a call to dirfile_open(3).
Return Value
Upon successful completion, get_endianness() returns the byte sex of the specified fragment, which will be either GD_BIG_ENDIAN or GD_LITTLE_ENDIAN. On error, it returns zero 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 to get_error_string(3).