NAME

       gd_encoding — report the binary encoding of data in a dirfile

SYNOPSIS

       #include <getdata.h>

       unsigned long gd_encoding(DIRFILE *dirfile, int fragment_index);

DESCRIPTION

       The  gd_encoding() function queries a dirfile(5) database specified by dirfile and returns the binary en‐
       coding for the fragment indexed by fragment_index.  The binary encoding of a fragment indicate the encod‐
       ing of data stored in binary files associated with RAW fields defined in the specified fragment.  The en‐
       coding of a fragment containing no RAW fields is ignored.

RETURN VALUE

       Upon successful completion, gd_encoding() returns the binary encoding of the  specified  fragment,  which
       will one of the following symbols:

              GD_UNENCODED, GD_BZIP2_ENCODED, GD_GZIP_ENCODED, GD_LZMA_ENCODED, GD_SIE_ENCODED, GD_SLIM_ENCODED,
              GD_TEXT_ENCODED, GD_ZZIP_ENCODED, GD_ZZSLIM_ENCODED, GD_ENC_UNSUPPORTED.

       If  the  encoding scheme specified in the dirfile metadata is unknown to GetData, GD_ENC_UNSUPPORTED will
       be returned.  See gd_cbopen(3) and dirfile-encoding(5) for the meanings of the other symbols and  details
       on the supported encoding schemes.

       On  error,  it  returns zero 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_alter_encoding(3), gd_cbopen(3), gd_error(3), gd_error_string(3), gd_getdata(3), dirfile(5),  dirfile-
       format(5)

Version 0.8.0                                     21 April 2012                                   gd_encoding(3)