KDK_BIOS_FREE(3)
💖 KDK_BIOS_FREE(3) 💖
okay bestie, so this one is kdk_bios_free(3) — she lives in the Library Functions Manual and she is, like, the cleanup queen of the libkybios.h world. No cap. 🧹✨
🌸 NAME 🌸
kdk_bios_free — 释放内存 (that's "release the memory", and yes we're freeing it, periodt)
✨ SYNOPSIS ✨
#include <libkybios.h>
extern void kdk_bios_free(char *info);
Link with -lkyhw.
🦋 Detailed Description 🦋
So like, the whole main character job of this interface? It's to release the string that the bios module interface handed back to you. That's it. That's the gig. 🎀
The argument info is literally the return value of the kdk_bios_get_vendor or kdk_bios_get_version functions — those two girlies give you a string, and this one takes it back. iykyk 💅
💜 RETURN VALUE 💜
No return value. Nothing. Zero. She just does the thing and dips. 🙈
🍓 EXAMPLES 🍓
okay here's the whole vibe in code, bestie — copy it exactly, don't get creative:
#include "stdio.h"
#include "libkybios.h"
#include <stdlib.h>
int main()
{
char *vendor = kdk_bios_get_vendor();
char *version = kdk_bios_get_version();
printf("vendor: %s", vendor);
printf("version: %s",version);
kdk_bios_free(vendor);
kdk_bios_free(version);
return 0;
}
see how she grabs the vendor and the version, prints them, and then frees BOTH of them? that's the whole arc. character development. 🔥
🌈 CONFORMING TO 🌈
These functions are as per the withdrawn POSIX.1e draft specification. (Withdrawn! Gone! Retired, but still iconic. 👑)
The following functions are Linux extensions: kdk_bios_get_version(). and kdk_bios_get_vendor(). — yes those trailing periods are just how she talks, leave them alone. 💀
⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐
go read those two next, they're the ones that hand you the strings this one frees. it's giving bestie duo energy. 🫶
k, that's the whole page, babes — brought to you by the Linux Programmer's Manual, dated Thu Aug 14 2023, mwah 💖💅✨
📦 where this page comes from
- arch rolling: libkysdk-system 3.0.1.4-1 · LGPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-only OR LGPL-3.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only WITH Qt-LGPL-exception-1.1 OR LGPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-LGPL-exception-1.1 AND MIT
- ubuntu resolute: libkysdk-system-dev 3.0.1.2-0ubuntu1 · LGPL-3.0-only
- ubuntu stonking: libkysdk-system-dev 3.0.1.3-0ubuntu1 · LGPL-3.0-or-later
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