filemap_struct(3)

πŸ’– filemap_struct(3) πŸ’–

okay so bestie, this is a page from the libmtp manual (that's the Library Functions Manual section 3, for all you keeping score at home), and it's all about the filemap_struct situation. she's a struct. she maps file types. she's lowkey iconic. let's get into it πŸ¦‹


✨ NAME ✨

libmtp β€” (yeah that's literally it, the name section just says the library name and then a dash and nothing else, we love a mysterious queen πŸ’…)


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

Data Fields

the struct is giving:

char * description
LIBMTP_filetype_t id
uint16_t ptp_id
struct filemap_struct * next

four fields, no cap. every single one matters, so here they are again, but with the ✨lore✨:


πŸŽ€ Field Documentation πŸŽ€

char* filemap_struct::description

this one is the text description for the file type. like, the human-readable glow-up of whatever file type you're looking at. she's the vibe translator.

she's referenced by LIBMTP_Get_Filetype_Description(), so if you ever wondered where that function pulls its whole personality from… it's her. it's literally her. 🫢


LIBMTP_filetype_t filemap_struct::id

this is the LIBMTP internal type for the file type β€” the private, behind-the-scenes identity. not the name she goes by in public, the one the library uses internally to know what's what. main character energy but make it LIBMTP_filetype_t.

also referenced by LIBMTP_Get_Filetype_Description() β€” yes, that function pulls from both fields, she's thorough, she ate. πŸ‘‘


uint16_t filemap_struct::ptp_id

and this? this is the PTP ID for the filetype. a uint16_t, so you know the range is real and bounded. PTP said "I'll be handling the identification, thank you very much." 🌈

(no reference note on this one, she's independent, she doesn't need a mention to be valid. we respect it. πŸ’œ)


psst, about that next field

okay so struct filemap_struct * next shows up in the data fields up in the SYNOPSIS, but the Field Documentation section doesn't give it its own little paragraph. so if you were waiting for the deep dive… bestie, the original just doesn't have one. we don't invent lore here, that's the rule. πŸ™ˆ just know it's a pointer to another filemap_struct, which is very "there's always more of us" of it. chain vibes. πŸ”—

⭐ friendly reminder: the Data Fields list and the Field Documentation list are both here exactly as the original has them β€” nothing added, nothing dropped. the facts stay pristine even when the delivery is cute. πŸ’–

🧚 Author 🧚

Generated automatically by Doxygen for libmtp from the source code. so nobody hand-wrote this bad boy, a machine did it while we were all asleep. slay, Doxygen. πŸ€–βœ¨


aaaand that's the whole page, bestie! no exit statuses, no environment variables, no examples, no SEE ALSO section β€” this one's a short and sweet little struct bio. sometimes the manual page is just a vibe check and the vibe is "here are four fields, go off." πŸŒΈπŸ¦‹

signing off with the deets: this is libmtp, Version 1.1.23, generating filemap_struct(3) β€” mwah, take care of her πŸ’…πŸŽ€πŸ’–

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