libcaca file IO(3caca)

NAME

libcaca file IO
Functions
__extern caca_file_t * caca_file_open (char const *, const char *)
Open a file for reading or writing.
__extern int caca_file_close (caca_file_t *)
Close a file handle.
__extern uint64_t caca_file_tell (caca_file_t *)
Return the position in a file handle.
__extern size_t caca_file_read (caca_file_t *, void *, size_t)
Read data from a file handle.
__extern size_t caca_file_write (caca_file_t *, const void *, size_t)
Write data to a file handle.
__extern char * caca_file_gets (caca_file_t *, char *, int)
Read a line from a file handle.
__extern int caca_file_eof (caca_file_t *)
Tell whether a file handle reached end of file.

Detailed Description

These functions allow to read and write files in a platform-independent way.

Function Documentation

__extern caca_file_t* caca_file_open (char const * path, const char * mode)
Create a caca file handle for a file. If the file is zipped, it is decompressed on the fly.
If an error occurs, NULL is returned and errno is set accordingly:
o ENOSTS Function not implemented.
o EINVAL File not found or permission denied.
Parameters:
path The file path
mode The file open mode
Returns:
A file handle to path.
Referenced by caca_import_canvas_from_file().
__extern int caca_file_close (caca_file_t * fp) Close and destroy the
resources associated with a caca file handle. This function is a wrapper for fclose() or, if available, gzclose().
Parameters:
fp The file handle
Returns:
The return value of fclose() or gzclose().
Referenced by caca_import_canvas_from_file().
__extern uint64_t caca_file_tell (caca_file_t * fp) Return the file handle
position, in bytes.
Parameters:
fp The file handle
Returns:
The current offset in the file handle.
__extern size_t caca_file_read (caca_file_t * fp, void * ptr, size_t size)
Read data from a file handle and copy them into the given buffer. Parameters:
fp The file handle
ptr The destination buffer
size The number of bytes to read
Returns:
The number of bytes read
Referenced by caca_import_canvas_from_file().
__extern size_t caca_file_write (caca_file_t * fp, const void * ptr, size_t
size) Write the contents of the given buffer to the file handle. Parameters:
fp The file handle
ptr The source buffer
size The number of bytes to write
Returns:
The number of bytes written
__extern char* caca_file_gets (caca_file_t * fp, char * s, int size) Read
one line of data from a file handle, up to one less than the given number of bytes. A trailing zero is appended to the data. Parameters:
fp The file handle
s The destination buffer
size The maximum number of bytes to read
Returns:
The number of bytes read, including the trailing zero
__extern int caca_file_eof (caca_file_t * fp) Return the end-of-file status
of the file handle.
This function is a wrapper for feof() or, if available, gzeof().
Parameters:
fp The file handle
Returns:
1 if EOF was reached, 0 otherwise
Referenced by caca_import_canvas_from_file().

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