al_ffblk_get_size(3alleg4)

💖 al_ffblk_get_size — bestie edition 💖

okay so this is a page from the Allegro manual, and it's the one about al_ffblk_get_size, a little function living inside the Allegro game programming library. it's giving "small but essential," fr fr 🌸

✨ NAME ✨

al_ffblk_get_size — get the size of the file that got returned by al_findfirst / al_findnext. yes that's the whole job and she does it flawlessly 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <allegro.h>

uint64_t al_ffblk_get_size(struct al_ffblk *info);

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so here's the tea 🍓: this one hands you back the size of the file that was returned by al_findfirst or al_findnext. that's it. that's the function. she's not complicated, she's just reliable 😭

you pass in your struct al_ffblk *info — that same block you got from searching — and boom, you get a uint64_t with the size. no cap. ✨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• al_findfirst(3alleg4) — the one that starts the search 🎀
• al_findnext(3alleg4) — the one that keeps it going 🫶
• al_ffblk(3alleg4) — the struct itself, the main character 💜

ngl, if you're using this function you probably already have your al_ffblk in hand, so go forth and measure those files, queen 👑

anyway that's the page, short and sweet, we love a concise icon ⭐

💖 written for Allegro version 4.4.3, mwah, slay, bye bestie 💖