IBSPB(3)

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version 4.3.7 · 2 versions
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✨ IBSPB ✨

okay bestie, so this is ibspb from section 3 of the manual — it lives in the Traditional API Functions family, and honestly? it's giving "small but crucial." let's get into it 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

ibspb — obtain length of serial poll bytes queue (device) 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <gpib/ib.h>

int ibspb(int ud, short *result);

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so ibspb() goes and grabs the number of serial poll bytes that are currently queued up for the device you point at with ud. that count lands in the location that result points to. like, that's the whole job. very demure, very mindful 🧚

now here's the tea ⭐ — if automatic serial polling is turned on for the board that's controlling the device, then the status byte gets read and queued automatically every single time the device requests service. no cap, it just does it for you. and who controls that automatic serial polling setting? ibconfig(), that's who. 👑

and when you actually want to read those queued status bytes? that's a job for ibrsp(). iykyk 🫶

🔥 RETURN VALUE 🔥

the value of ibsta is returned. periodt. ✨

Copyright © 2003-2006, 2008 Frank Mori Hess

aaaand that's the page fr fr 💜 this one came to you courtesy of linux-gpib 4.3.7, dated 07/06/2026. slay, go queue those poll bytes bestie 🦋🌸

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