NUTSCAN_INIT_IP_RANG(3)

🌸 NAME 🌸

nutscan_init_ip_ranges — initialize contents of a nutscan_ip_range_list_t structure (and optionally create one in the first place). This is the <cyan>NUTSCAN_INIT_IP_RANG(3)</cyan> page from the NUT manual, hiiii bestie 🫶✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <nut-scan.h>

nutscan_ip_range_list_t * nutscan_init_ip_ranges(nutscan_ip_range_list_t *irl);

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so nutscan_init_ip_ranges() can prepare a nutscan_ip_range_list_t structure by zeroing out its fields. If the argument is NULL, the structure is dynamically allocated. Either way, a pointer to it is returned. slay 💅

If you pass in a structure, it is not assumed to have any valid contents to free, because it may have garbage from the stack after allocation. no cap 😭

The caller must free the contents of the structure after completing its use by calling nutscan_free_ip_ranges (after which the structure can be re-used), and explicitly free() the structure object itself if it was allocated dynamically (e.g. by originally calling nutscan_init_ip_ranges(NULL)). literally do not skip this part, bestie 🚨💖

📝 NOTES 📝

Technically, the function is currently defined in nutscan-ip.h file. iykyk 🧚✨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• nutscan_free_ip_ranges(3)
• nutscan_add_ip_range(3)
• nutscan_stringify_ip_ranges(3)
• nutscan_cidr_to_ip(3)
• nutscan_ip_ranges_iter_init(3)
• nutscan_ip_ranges_iter_inc(3)

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