gd_put_sarray_slice(3)

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9gd_put_sarray_slice(3)              GETDATA             gd_put_sarray_slice(3)
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NAME

14       gd_put_sarray,  gd_put_sarray_slice  — write STRING or SARRAY data to a
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SYNOPSIS

19       #include <getdata.h>
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21       int gd_put_sarray_slice(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_code,
22              unsigned int start, size_t len, const char **data_in);
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24       int gd_put_sarray(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_code, const char
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DESCRIPTION

29       The gd_put_sarray_slice() function writes string data to  a  dirfile(5)
30       database  specified  by  dirfile into the STRING or SARRAY scalar array
31       field_code.  The location of the first element of the field into  which
32       data  is stored is given by start, and the number of elements stored is
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35       If field_code specifies a STRING field, it is treated as if it  were  a
36       SARRAY field of length one.
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38       The gd_put_sarray() function behaves similarly, except the whole scalar
39       array is written, as if gd_put_sarray_slice() were  called  with  start
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42       The  argument  data_in  must point to an array of pointers to character
43       strings, which are the values to store.  The number of  elements  which
44       will   be   stored  by  gd_put_sarray()  may  be  obtained  by  calling
45       gd_array_len(3).  Unlike gd_putdata(3), writing data past  the  end  of
46       the  field  is  not permitted.  To add data to a SARRAY, first increase
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50       The gd_put_string(3) function provides another way of writing data to a
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RETURN VALUE

55       On success, gd_put_sarray() and gd_put_sarray_slice() return zero.   On
56       error,  they return a negative-valued error code.  Possible error codes
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60               The specified dirfile was opened read-only.
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63               The library was unable to allocate memory.
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66               The field specified by field_code was not found  in  the  data‐
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73               The supplied field_code was not a STRING nor a SARRAY.
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79               An  internal error occurred in the library while trying to per‐
80               form the task.  This indicates a bug in  the  library.   Please
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84               The fragment containing the constant was protected from change.
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86       The  error  code  is  also  stored in the DIRFILE object and may be re‐
87       trieved after this function returns by calling gd_error(3).  A descrip‐
88       tive   error   string   for  the  error  may  be  obtained  by  calling
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HISTORY

93       The gd_put_sarray() and  gd_put_sarray_slice()  functions  appeared  in
94       GetData-0.10.0.
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