LIBXO(3)

💅 LIBXO(3) — Library Functions Manual

okay so bestie, this is the page for xo_finish and xo_finish_h, and their whole entire job is finishing formatting output. that's it, that's the vibe. they're the "and that's a wrap" of the libxo world 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

xo_finish, xo_finish_h — finish formatting output. literally just the clean-up crew, no cap 🧹

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📚 LIBRARY 📚

library “libxo” — that's the one, that's the icon 👑

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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);

two functions, both returning xo_ssize_t, both here to close things out. look at them go ✨

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so when your program is ready to exit, or it's about to close a handle, you need to call xo_finish(). it's not optional, it's not a suggestion, it's giving mandatory main character energy 👑

what does it actually do? it flushes any buffered data, closes open libxo constructs, and completes any pending operations. the way it just ties up every loose end 😭

calling this function is vital to the proper operation of libxo — and honestly especially for the non-TEXT output styles. like, TEXT will probably forgive you, the other styles will not 🙈

bestie please don't forget to call it. i'm begging. the buffered data is just sitting there. unflushed. 😭

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• xo_emit(3)
• libxo(3)

go read those too, iykyk 💅

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⭐ HISTORY ⭐

the libxo library first appeared in FreeBSD 11.0. vintage. iconic. a moment in time 🌈

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

libxo was written by Phil Shafer <phil@freebsd.org>. king behavior, fr fr 🫶

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and that's the page!! 💖 this one came from Debian, dated December 4, 2014, and yes it's still filed under LIBXO(3) — mwah, go flush your buffers bestie 🦋✨