COMEDI_GET_BOARD_NAM(3)

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✨ COMEDI_GET_BOARD_NAM(3) ✨

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Comedi reference manual (section 3, the library-functions girlies 💅), and it's about ONE tiny little function that gives you a name. that's it. that's the whole vibe. but we're gonna do it properly. 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

comedi_get_board_name — the Comedi device's name, bestie. literally it just tells you what your device is called. 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <comedilib.h>

const char * comedi_get_board_name(comedi_t * device);

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so the way that comedi_get_board_name works is: you hand it a device, and it hands you back a pointer to a string containing the name of the comedi device that device represents. iconic, honestly.

lowkey important detail tho — that pointer is valid until the device is closed. so don't go closing the device and then reading the string, girl, that's a whole mess. 🙈

and if something goes wrong? this function returns NULL. no name for you. it's giving error. 😭

👑 AUTHORS 👑

the legends who made this happen, periodt:

  • David Schleef <ds@schleef.org> — Author.
  • Frank Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net> — Author.
  • Herman Bruyninckx <Herman.Bruyninckx@mech.kuleuven.ac.be> — Author.
  • Bernd Porr <tech@linux-usb-daq.co.uk> — Author.
  • Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> — Author.
  • Éric Piel <piel@delmic.com> — Author.

the receipts, fr fr:

  • Copyright © 1998-2003 David Schleef
  • Copyright © 2001-2003, 2005, 2008 Frank Mori Hess
  • Copyright © 2002-2003 Herman Bruyninckx
  • Copyright © 2012 Bernd Porr
  • Copyright © 2012 Ian Abbott
  • Copyright © 2012, 2015 Éric Piel

This document is part of Comedilib. In the context of this document, the term "source code" as defined by the license is interpreted as the XML source.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2.1 of the License.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.

ok that last bit is giving legal said the lawyer energy but like. respect. you gotta include it. 🫶

aaaaand that's the whole page bestie!! 🎀✨ this one ships under the Comedi banner, dated 03/20/2026, and lives at COMEDI_GET_BOARD_NAM(3) — go name some boards, you've got this 💅🌸🦋

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