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NAME
gd_add_bit, gd_add_carray gd_add_clincom, gd_add_const, gd_add_cpolynom, gd_add_crecip, gd_add_divide,
gd_add_indir, gd_add_lincom, gd_add_linterp, gd_add_multiply, gd_add_phase, gd_add_polynom, gd_add_raw,
gd_add_recip, gd_add_sarray, gd_add_sbit, gd_add_sindir, gd_add_string — add a field to a Dirfile
SYNOPSIS
#include <getdata.h>
int gd_add_bit(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_name, const char *in_field, int bitnum, int numbits,
int fragment_index);
int gd_add_carray(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_name, gd_type_t const_type, size_t array_len,
gd_type_t data_type, void *value, int fragment_index);
int gd_add_clincom(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_name, int n_fields, const char **in_fields, const
double complex *cm, const double complex *cb, int fragment_index);
int gd_add_const(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_name, gd_type_t const_type, gd_type_t data_type,
void *value, int fragment_index);
int gd_add_cpolynom(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_name, int poly_ord, const char *in_fields, const
double complex *ca, int fragment_index);
int gd_add_crecip(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_name, const char *in_field, double complex
cdividend, int fragment_index);
int gd_add_divide(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_name, const char *in_field1, const char *in_field2,
int fragment_index);
int gd_add_indir(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_name, const char *index_field, const char
*carray_field, int fragment_index);
int gd_add_lincom(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_name, int n_fields, const char **in_fields, const
double *m, const double *b, int fragment_index);
int gd_add_linterp(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_name, const char *in_field, const char *table, int
fragment_index);
int gd_add_mplex(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_name, const char *in_field, const char *count_field,
int count_val, int period, int fragment_index);
int gd_add_multiply(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_name, const char *in_field1, const char
*in_field2, int fragment_index);
int gd_add_phase(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_name, const char *in_field, gd_int64_t shift, int
fragment_index);
int gd_add_polynom(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_name, int poly_ord, const char *in_fields, const
double *a, int fragment_index );
int gd_add_raw(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_name, gd_type_t data_type, unsigned int spf, int
fragment_index);
int gd_add_recip(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_name, const char *in_field, double dividend, int
fragment_index);
int gd_add_sarray(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_name, size_t array_len, const char **values,int
fragment_index);
int gd_add_sbit(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_name, const char *in_field, int bitnum, int numbits,
int fragment_index);
int gd_add_sindir(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_name, const char *index_field, const char
*sarray_field, int fragment_index);
int gd_add_string(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_name, const char *value, int fragment_index);
int gd_add_window(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_name, const char *in_field, const char
*check_field, gd_windop_t windop, gd_triplet_t threshold, int fragment_index);
DESCRIPTION
These functions provide alternatives to using the gd_add(3) or gd_add_spec(3) functions to add a new
field of the indicated type to the dirfile specified by dirfile.
In all of these calls, field_name indicates the name of the field to be added. Further, fragment_index
is the index of the format specification fragment into which the field should be added. (To convert a
fragment index to its file name, see gd_fragmentname(3).) The meaning and allowed types of other
arguments may be obtained from the gd_entry(3) and dirfile-format(5) manual pages.
The gd_add_clincom() and gd_add_cpolynom() functions are identical to gd_add_lincom() and
gd_add_polynom(), except they take complex scalar parameters, instead of purely real values.
The gd_add_lincom() and gd_add_clincom() functions takes pointers to three arrays of length n_fields
containing the input field names (in_fields), the gain factors (m or cm), and the offset terms (b or cb).
Similarly, gd_add_polynom() and gd_add_cpolynom() take an array of length poly_ord + 1 containing the
polynomial co-efficients (a or ca).
The gd_add_carray(), gd_add_const(), gd_add_sarray(), and gd_add_string() functions add the field and set
the value of the field to value. For gd_add_const() and gd_add_carray(), the const_type argument
specifies the storage type for the const, while data_type specifies the data type of the value pointed to
by value. For gd_add_sarray(), value should be an array of array_len string pointers.
The gd_int64_t type is a signed 64-bit integer type. The gd_triplet_t type is defined as:
typedef union {
gd_int64_t i;
gd_uint64_t u;
double r;
} gd_triplet_t;
Which element of this gd_triplet_t union to set depends on the operator selected for the WINDOW field.
See gd_entry(3) for details.
A metafield may be added to the dirfile either by calling these functions with field_name containing the
fully formed "<parent-field>/<meta-field>" field code, or else by using the corresponding gd_madd_...()
function (see gd_madd_bit(3), &c.) When adding a metafield with these functions, fragment_index is
ignored and GetData will add the new metafield to the same format specification fragment in which the
parent field is defined. If the specified parent field name is an alias, the canonical name of the field
will be substituted.
All fields added with this interface must contain literal parameters. Fields with scalar fields as
parameters cannot be added with these functions. Those fields must be added with gd_add(3) or
gd_add_spec(3).
See NOTES below for information on using gd_add_clincom(), gd_add_cpolynom(), and gd_add_crecip() in the
C89 GetData API.
RETURN VALUE
On success, any of these functions returns zero. On error, a negative-valued error value is returned.
Possible error values are:
GD_E_ACCMODE
The specified dirfile was opened read-only.
GD_E_ALLOC
The library was unable to allocate memory.
GD_E_BAD_CODE
The field_name contained invalid characters; or it or an input field did not contain the affected
fragment's prefix or suffix.
GD_E_BAD_DIRFILE
The supplied dirfile was invalid.
GD_E_BAD_ENTRY
One or more of the field parameters specified was invalid.
GD_E_BAD_INDEX
The fragment_index argument was out of range.
GD_E_BAD_TYPE
The data_type or const_type argument provided to gd_add_raw() or gd_add_const() was invalid.
GD_E_DUPLICATE
The field_name provided duplicated that of an already existing field.
GD_E_INTERNAL_ERROR
An internal error occurred in the library while trying to perform the task. This indicates a bug
in the library. Please report the incident to the GetData developers.
GD_E_IO (gd_add_raw() only) An I/O error occurred while creating an empty binary file to be associated
with a newly added RAW field.
GD_E_PROTECTED
The metadata of the fragment was protected from change. Or, the creation of a RAW field was
attempted and the data of the fragment was protected.
GD_E_UNKNOWN_ENCODING
(gd_add_raw() only) The encoding scheme of the indicated format specification fragment is not
known to the library. As a result, the library was unable to create an empty binary file to be
associated with a newly added RAW field.
GD_E_UNSUPPORTED
(gd_add_raw() only) The encoding scheme of the indicated format specification fragment does not
support creating an empty binary file to be associated with a newly added RAW field.
The dirfile error may also be retrieved by calling gd_error(3). A descriptive error string for the last
error encountered can be obtained from a call to gd_error_string(3).
NOTES
The C89 GetData API provides different prototypes for gd_add_clincom(), gd_add_cpolynom(), and
gd_add_crecip():
#define GD_C89_API
#include <getdata.h>
int gd_add_clincom(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_name, int n_fields, const char **in_fields, const
double *cm, const double *cb, int fragment_index);
int gd_add_cpolynom(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_name, int poly_ord, const char *in_fields, const
double *ca, int fragment_index);
int gd_add_crecip(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_name, const char *in_field, const double
cdividend[2], int fragment_index);
In this case, the array pointers passed as cm, cb or ca should have twice as many (purely real) elements,
consisting of alternating real and imaginary parts for the complex data. That is, for example, ca[0]
should be the real part of the first co-efficient, ca[1] the imaginary part of the first co-efficient,
ca[2] the real part of the second co-efficient, ca[3] the imaginary part of the second co-efficient, and
so on. Similarly, the cdividend parameter becomes a double precision array of length two.
For gd_add_clincom() and gd_add_cpolynom(), these are simply different (but equivalent) declarations of
the C99 function entry point. For gd_add_crecip(), however, a different entry point is needed (since the
cdividend parameter is passed by reference instead of by value). In the interests of portability, the
C89 version of gd_add_crecip() is always available, and may be accessed as gd_add_crecip89(), with the
C89 prototype, in both the C99 and C89 APIs.
HISTORY
The functions dirfile_add_bit(), dirfile_add_const(), dirfile_add_lincom(), dirfile_add_linterp(),
dirfile_add_multiply(), dirfile_add_phase(), dirfile_add_raw(), and dirfile_add_string() appeared in
GetData-0.4.0.
The functions dirfile_add_clincom(), dirfile_add_cpolynom(), dirfile_add_polynom(), and
dirfile_add_sbit() appeared in GetData-0.6.0.
In GetData-0.7.0, the functions were renamed to gd_add_bit(), gd_add_clincom(), gd_add_const(),
gd_add_cpolynom(), gd_add_lincom(), gd_add_linterp(), gd_add_multiply(), gd_add_phase(),
gd_add_polynom(), gd_add_raw(), gd_add_sbit(), and gd_add_string(). The functions gd_add_carray(),
gd_add_crecip(), gd_add_divide(), and gd_add_recip() also appeared in this version.
In GetData-0.8.0, these functions first allowed adding metafields by providing the full (slashed) field
name. The functions gd_add_mplex() and gd_add_window() also appeared in this version.
In GetData-0.10.0, the error return from these functions changed from -1 to a negative-valued error code.
The functions gd_add_indir(), gd_add_sarray(), and gd_add_sindir() also appeared in this version.
SEE ALSO
gd_add(3), gd_add_spec(3), gd_entry(3), gd_error(3), gd_error_string(3), the corresponding
gd_madd_<entry-type> functions (e.g. gd_madd_bit(3)), gd_metaflush(3), gd_open(3), dirfile-format(5)