DC_SERIAL_DEVICE_FREE(3)

💅 DC_SERIAL_DEVICE_FREE(3) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the DC_SERIAL_DEVICE_FREE(3) page from the Library Functions Manual — yes that's the manual name, we're fancy here 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

dc_serial_device_free — destroy the serial device and free, like, all the resources. every last one. we're not leaving a single byte behind, periodt 💖

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🦋 LIBRARY 🦋

library “libdivecomputer” — that's the one, that's our girl 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <libdivecomputer/serial.h>

void
dc_serial_device_free(dc_serial_device_t *device);

like, that's the whole thing. no cap, it's one function 🧚

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Destroy the serial device and free all resources. that's it, that's the assignment, and she ate 🔥

where do these devices come from, you ask? ok so — the serial device is usually found by searching through dc_serial_iterator_new(3). so you go find it, you love it, and then you let it go with this function 😭 it's giving closure.

lowkey important: this is the destroy function, so once you call it, the device is gone and the resources are freed. don't come back for it afterward, bestie 💀

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• dc_serial_iterator_new(3) — where you find the device in the first place 👑

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

• The library “libdivecomputer” library was written by Jef Driesen, jef@libdivecomputer.org. iconic. we stan 💖
• This manpage is written by Vincent Hagen, vinnie@script4web.nl. also iconic, thank you for your service 🫡✨

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and that's a wrap, bestie 🌈 this page dropped with Debian, dated June 5, 2020 — mwah, go free those resources responsibly 💅💖🎀