IBRDF(3)

💖 IBRDF(3) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Traditional API Functions corner of the linux-gpib world — we're doing IBRDF(3) today and honestly? she's a vibe. 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

ibrdf — read data bytes to file (board or device) 📁

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

lowkey the whole thing in two lines, here u go:

#include <gpib/ib.h>

int ibrdf(int ud, const char *file_path);

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so ibrdf() is basically ibrd()'s cousin, right? like, same energy, slightly different outfit. 👯

the way that it works is: ibrd() reads data bytes and drops them into an array in memory. ibrdf() said "not me tho" 🙈 and instead takes those same data bytes and stores them in a file, not in memory.

and file_path? that's the save file, bestie. that's literally where it goes. ✍️

💀 heads up: if the file already exists, the data gets appended onto the end of the file. it does not overwrite it. it does not ask. it just adds. periodt. (if you wanted a fresh file, that's on you to handle, iykyk)

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✨ RETURN VALUE ✨

she returns the value of ibsta. that's it, that's the tea. 🍓

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✨ COPYRIGHT ✨

Copyright © 2003-2006, 2008 Frank Mori Hess 👑

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and that's a wrap on our girl ibrdf, fr fr. 💅

linux-gpib 4.3.7 · 07/06/2026 — mwah, thanks for reading, slay, go append something responsibly 🎀🌈✨