get_protection (3) Linux Manual Page
get_protection — report the protection level of a dirfile fragment
Synopsis
#include <getdata.h>- int get_protection(DIRFILE *dirfile, int fragment_index);
Description
Return Value
Upon successful completion, get_protection() returns the advisory protection level of the specified fragment, which will be one of the following symbols.- GD_PROTECT_NONE,~GD_PROTECT_FORMAT,~GD_PROTECT_DATA,~ GD_PROTECT_ALL. The meaning of these symbols are explained in the dirfile_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 to get_error_string(3).