tb_property_copy_dir(9)

💅 tb_property_copy_dir — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🦋

okay so real talk, this one lives in tb_property_copy_dir(9) and it does exactly one thing but it does it so well. Think of it as the ultimate dupe — it looks at a directory and goes "mine now" and gives you a whole separate copy. main character energy fr fr.

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✨ NAME ✨

tb_property_copy_dir — takes a deep copy of a directory. not a shallow little peek, a deep copy, meaning everything inside gets duplicated too. no shared vibes, no borrowed references. separate. independent. iconic 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct tb_property_dir * tb_property_copy_dir (const struct
tb_property_dir *dir );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dir — the directory you wanna copy. that's it. that's the whole ask. 🫶

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so you call this, you get a fresh new struct tb_property_dir that's a full deep copy of dir. slay.

⚠️ but bestie listen — the resulting directory needs to be released by calling tb_property_free_dir. do NOT just leave it lying around. that's a memory leak and we don't do that here. clean up after yourself, it's giving responsible. 🧹✨

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

• returns a pointer to struct tb_property_dir — yay, you got your copy! 🎉
• returns NULL in case of failure — 😭 it happens, check your return value, no cap.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./drivers/thunderbolt/property.c

and the whole friend group:

• tb_property_parse_dir(9)
• tb_property_create_dir(9)
• tb_property_free_dir(9)
• tb_property_format_dir(9)
• tb_property_merge_dir(9)
• tb_property_add_immediate(9)
• tb_property_add_data(9)
• tb_property_add_text(9)
• tb_property_add_dir(9)
• tb_property_remove(9)
• tb_property_find(9)
• tb_property_get_next(9)

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⭐ and that's the tea, bestie! this page came to you straight outta ./drivers/thunderbolt, dated October 2026, and it's filed under the good ol' tb_property_copy_dir(9) name. go forth, deep copy responsibly, and remember to free your dirs. mwah 💋🎀