gd_protection(3) GETDATA gd_protection(3)NAMEgd_protection — report the protection level of a dirfile fragment
SYNOPSIS
#include <getdata.h>
int gd_protection(DIRFILE *dirfile, int fragment_index);
DESCRIPTION
The gd_protection() function queries a dirfile(5) database specified by
dirfile and returns the advisory protection level for the fragment in‐
dexed by fragment_index.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, gd_protection() returns the advisory pro‐
tection level of the specified fragment, which will be one of the fol‐
lowing symbols.
GD_PROTECT_NONE, GD_PROTECT_FORMAT, GD_PROTECT_DATA,
GD_PROTECT_ALL.
The meaning of these symbols are explained in the gd_alter_protec‐
tion(3) man page. On error, it returns -1 and sets the dirfile error
to a non-zero error value. Possible error values are:
GD_E_BAD_DIRFILE
The supplied dirfile was invalid.
GD_E_BAD_INDEX
The supplied index was out of range.
The dirfile error may be retrieved by calling gd_error(3). A descrip‐
tive error string for the last error encountered can be obtained from a
call to gd_error_string(3).
SEE ALSOgd_open(3), gd_alter_protection(3), gd_error(3), gd_error_string(3),
dirfile(5), dirfile-format(5)Version 0.7.0 16 July 2010 gd_protection(3)
