SENDCMDS(3)

🎀 SENDCMDS(3) 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to SendCmds — she's a little library function from the linux-gpib family and she's literally just here to write command bytes onto bus. that's it. that's the whole personality. iconic behavior fr fr 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

so first you gotta pull her in, like:

#include <gpib/ib.h>

and then, the moment you've been waiting for:

void SendCmds(int board_desc, const void *cmds, long count);

yeah. she takes three things and returns nothing (void, she's mysterious, she gives nothing back emotionally 🫶). no cap.

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's the tea, bestie 🍓:

SendCmds() writes count command byte onto the the GPIB bus from the array cmds.

(yes the original says "the the". we do not fix legend behavior. we respect the lore. 💀)

and here's the part where I hold your hand: it is generally not necessary to call SendCmds(). like, lowkey you usually do NOT need her. she's provided for advanced users who want direct, low-level access to the GPIB bus. so if that's not you, that's okay!! she's not mad!! go live your life!! 🌸

but if you ARE that advanced user wanting that raw, unfiltered, main-character-energy bus access?? then she's right there for you boo. slay. 👑

⚠️ real talk bestie: this is low-level stuff. it's giving "I know exactly what I'm doing" energy. if you don't, that's totally fine, just don't rawdog the GPIB bus, okay?? 🙈

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright © 2003-2006, 2008 Frank Mori Hess

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! you ate that. periodt 💜

linux-gpib 4.3.7 🌈, dated 07/06/2026 🦋, page SENDCMDS(3) ✨ — mwah, go forth and command-byte responsibly 🌟