NAME

       gd_free_entry_strings — free strings in a GetData gd_entry_t object

SYNOPSIS

       #include <getdata.h>

       gd_entry_t *gd_free_entry_strings(gd_entry_t *entry);

DESCRIPTION

       The  gd_free_entry_strings()  function  frees  the character strings found in the gd_entry_t object entry
       which were previously allocated by a call to gd_entry(3).  After freeing a string, the associated pointer
       is set to NULL.  If entry is NULL, this function does nothing.

       If  non-NULL,  entry  must  point  to  a  valid  and properly initialised gd_entry_t object, such as that
       returned by gd_entry(3).  By default, strings are deallocated by calling free(3) on each, but a different
       memory manager may be specified by calling gd_alloc_funcs(3) before calling this function.

       See gd_entry(3) for a description of the gd_entry_t data type.

RETURN VALUE

       The function gd_free_entry_strings() always returns its input, entry.

NOTES

       This function is provided as a convenience only.  The caller may deallocate the strings in the gd_entry_t
       object provided by gd_entry(3) itself simply by calling the deallocator on the  each  initialised  string
       member, if they prefer to do so.

HISTORY

       The dirfile_free_entry_strings() function appeared in GetData-0.3.0.

       In GetData-0.7.0, this function was renamed to gd_free_entry_strings().

SEE ALSO

       gd_alloc_funcs(3), gd_entry(3)