KNET_GET_...RESS_LIST(3)

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version 1.35 · 8 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 KNET_GET_COMPRESS_LIST 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kronosnet Programmer's Manual ✨ this is knet_get_compress_list(3) and she's here to spill the tea on every compression system your libknet is holding 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

knet_get_compress_list — bestie, this gets you a whole list of the supported compression types 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <libknet.h>

int knet_get_compress_list(
    struct knet_compress_info   *compress_list,
    size_t                      *compress_list_entries
);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

knet_get_compress_list — the way she just hands you the receipts on what compression is installed, no cap 🔥

  • compress_list — an array of struct knet_compress_info *. If you pass NULL here, she just gives you the number of structs back in compress_list_entries so you can go allocate enough space first, periodt. fr fr, libknet does not allow more than 256 compress methods at the moment. it is safe to allocate 256 structs to avoid calling knet_get_compress_list twice 💅 (iykyk — no double-calling, we're efficient here)
  • compress_list_entries — returns the number of structs in compress_list ✨

🎀 STRUCTURES 🎀

the struct she hands back from get_compress_list(), packed with info about the installed compression systems 🫶

struct knet_compress_info {
    const char   *name;        /* Name of the compression type bzip2, lz4, etc.. */
    uint8_t       properties;  /* Properties - currently unused */
    char          pad[256];    /* Currently unused padding */
};
not the properties field and the pad[256] just sitting there unused 😭 iconic behaviour honestly, they're reserved and that's that 💀

🌈 RETURN VALUE 🌈

knet_get_compress_list returns 0 on success, -1 on error and errno is set. so like, check your errno bestie, she's trying to tell you something 🙈

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

the whole friend group, all of them, we love a full roster 💜

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