GETSN(9)

🎀 GETSN(9) 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel Developer's Manual corner of the group chat 💖 this one is all about getsn() and it is lowkey iconic for console input, no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

getsn — read user input from the console 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <lib/libkern/libkern.h>

size_t
getsn(char *cp, size_t size);

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so like, the getsn() function reads user input from the console and returns on newline ✨ the result gets written into cp, which is assumed to be size bytes long. that's the whole vibe fr fr 💖

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⭐ RETURN VALUES ⭐

getsn() returns the total length of the string it tried to create 👑 yes, tried — that wording is doing main character energy, and we are preserving it exactly 💅

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mwah 💋 — source/version: Debian, dated April 25, 2018 🎀