NAME

       gd_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 indexed by fragment_index.

RETURN VALUE

       Upon successful completion, gd_protection() returns the advisory protection level  of  the
       specified fragment, which will be one of the following symbols.

              GD_PROTECT_NONE, GD_PROTECT_FORMAT, GD_PROTECT_DATA, GD_PROTECT_ALL.

       The  meaning  of  these  symbols are explained in the gd_alter_protection(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 descriptive error string for
       the last error encountered can be obtained from a call to gd_error_string(3).

SEE ALSO

       gd_open(3), gd_alter_protection(3), gd_error(3), gd_error_string(3), dirfile(5),  dirfile-
       format(5)