LIBXO(3)

💖 LIBXO(3) — the libxo girlies' manual 💖

okay bestie, so this is the Library Functions Manual page for LIBXO(3), and we're talking about xo_finish and xo_finish_h — the two functions that finish formatting output. no cap, they're the closer of the group chat, the one who says "okay bye everyone" and actually means it. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

xo_finish, xo_finish_h — finish formatting output

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📚 LIBRARY 📚

the library is literally called libxo. that's it. that's the library. 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <libxo/xo.h>

xo_ssize_t
xo_finish(void);

xo_ssize_t
xo_finish_h(xo_handle_t *xop);

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so here's the vibe: when your program is ready to exit, or ready to close a handle, you have to call xo_finish(). it's not optional, bestie, it's giving mandatory. 🙈

what does it actually do tho? okay so it:

• flushes any buffered data 🌊
• closes open libxo constructs 🔒
• completes any pending operations ⏳

calling this function is vital to the proper operation of libxo — and it's especially important for the non-TEXT output styles. like, don't skip it, don't forget it, don't "do it later". it's giving main character energy and you need to respect it. 💀

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• xo_emit(3)
• libxo(3)

iykyk. 🫶

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🌈 HISTORY 🌈

the libxo library first appeared in FreeBSD 11.0. iconic debut, honestly. ✨

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

libxo was written by Phil Shafer <phil@freebsd.org>. thank you king 💜

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🍓 ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION 🍓

FreeBSD uses libxo version 1.7.5. the complete documentation lives on github, and here's where:

https://juniper.github.io/libxo/1.7.5/html/index.html

libxo also lives on github as:

https://github.com/Juniper/libxo

and the latest release of libxo is available at:

https://github.com/Juniper/libxo/releases

go read it bestie, it's lowkey fascinating 🔥

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💖 HISTORY 💖

The libxo library was added in FreeBSD 11.0. (yes, this section is also called HISTORY. no, i did not make that up. the manpage is just like that. we don't question the lore. 🙈)

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⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

Phil Shafer

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and that's the whole page, babe 🌸 this was LIBXO(3) from Debian, dated December 4, 2014 — so yes, it's an elder but it still ate, fr fr. go call xo_finish(), close your handles, and slay 💅🧚✨