ppd_get_num_conflicts(3)

📦 version 0.10, in debian bookworm, ubuntu jammy

💖 ppd_get_num_conflicts — bestie edition 💖

okay so this is ppd_get_num_conflicts(3), straight out of the Library Functions Manual. it's giving "let me count the drama in your PPD file" and honestly? iconic. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

ppd_get_num_conflicts — check a PPD file for conflicts 🔍💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <ppd.h>

int ppd_get_num_conflicts (PpdFile *ppd);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, the whole point of ppd_get_num_conflicts() is to figure out how many option conflicts are lurking inside a given PPD file. that's it, that's the job. no cap. ✨

the input it wants is a pointer to a PpdFile structure, and bestie you do not just make one of those by hand — you get it from one of the ppd_file_new(3) functions. that's the plug. 🔌

💀 RETURN VALUE 💀

the integer it hands back? that's the number of option conflicts it found chilling in the PPD file. periodt. 🫶

⚠️ heads up though: if the input parameter is a NULL pointer, the function just returns 0. yes, even though that's lowkey not a "no conflicts" situation. it's 0. that's the vibe.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go read those too, bestie, they're the whole friend group. 🌈

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

this man page was written by Gerald Carter <gcarter@valinux.com>. it was then updated by Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@valinux.com> to reflect changes in libppd 0.5. also, some of the code for these functions was originally part of the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS). legends only. 👑

and that's the whole page, diva. this one's filed under ppd_get_num_conflicts(3) in the Library Functions Manual, and we're signing off on it with all the love in the world. mwah. 💖✨🎀

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