IEEE1284_FIND_PORTS(3)

✨ IEEE1284_FIND_PORTS(3) ✨

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Functions section of the manual, and honestly? it's giving "first day of school, gotta figure out who's in your class" energy. let's get into it 🎀

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💖 NAME 💖

ieee1284_find_ports — find ports on the system

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <ieee1284.h>

int ieee1284_find_ports(struct parport_list *list, int flags);

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so the vibe here is: you call this function before you call any of the other libieee1284 functions. why? because it gives the library a lil moment to look around and see what's actually available, and it gives your program a chance to pick a port to use. main character decision-making, honestly 👑

The list is a pointer to a parport_list structure, and on success that structure gets filled in. like, the library literally hands you the tea ☕✨

There are no flags defined; use zero for this parameter. that's it. zero. nada. don't get creative, bestie, there's nothing to define 💅

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👑 RETURN VALUE 👑

• E1284_OK — Success!! 🎉 list is filled in and must be destroyed using ieee1284_free_ports(3). yes, you have to clean up after yourself. iconic behavior only 🫶
• E1284_NOMEM — There is not enough memory available. it's giving broke 😭
• E1284_NOTIMPL — One or more of the supplied flags is not supported in this implementation. (remember how we said there are no flags? yeah. so if you passed something, that's a you problem 🙈)

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🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>

• Author. (periodt. the actual author. respect 💜)

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🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

Copyright © 2001-2003 Tim Waugh

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and that's the whole page, bestie ✨ this one's dated 09/18/2007 and it comes from the IEEE1284_FIND_PORTS(3) page — go forth and find those ports, you absolute legend 🦋💖