NAME

       gd_put_carray, gd_put_carray_slice, gd_put_constant — write CONST or CARRAY data to a dirfile database

SYNOPSIS

       #include <getdata.h>

       int gd_put_carray_slice(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_code, unsigned int start, size_t len,
              gd_type_t data_type, const void *data_in);

       int gd_put_carray(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_code, gd_type_t data_type, const void *data_in);

       int gd_put_constant(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_code, gd_type_t data_type, const void *data_in);

DESCRIPTION

       The  gd_put_carray_slice()  function  writes  data to a dirfile(5) database specified by dirfile into the
       CARRAY scalar array field_code.  The data in the field is converted from the data type specified  by  da‐
       ta_type,  and  read  from  in the user-supplied buffer data_in.  The location of the first element of the
       field into which data is stored is given by start, and the number of elements stored is given by len.

       The gd_put_carray() function behaves  similarly,  except  the  whole  scalar  array  is  written,  as  if
       gd_put_carray_slice()  were  called  with start equal zero and len equal to the value returned by gd_car‐
       ray_len(3).  The gd_put_constant() function is equivalent to  calling  gd_put_carray_slice()  with  start
       equal to zero and len equal to one.  None of these interfaces can write to field representations.

       The  argument  data_in  must point to a valid memory location containing all the data to be written.  The
       number of elements which will be stored by gd_put_carray() may be obtained by  calling  gd_carray_len(3).
       Unlike  gd_putdata(3), writing data past the end of the field is not permitted.  To add data to a CARRAY,
       first increase its length by calling gd_alter_carray(3), or another equivalent function.

       The data_type argument should be one of the following symbols, which  indicates  the  type  of  the  data
       pointed to by data_in:

              GD_UINT8   unsigned 8-bit integer

              GD_INT8    signed (two's complement) 8-bit integer

              GD_UINT16  unsigned 16-bit integer

              GD_INT16   signed (two's complement) 16-bit integer

              GD_UINT32  unsigned 32-bit integer

              GD_INT32   signed (two's complement) 32-bit integer

              GD_UINT64  unsigned 64-bit integer

              GD_INT64   signed (two's complement) 64-bit integer

              GD_FLOAT32 IEEE-754 standard 32-bit single precision floating point number

              GD_FLOAT64 IEEE-754 standard 64-bit double precision floating point number

              GD_COMPLEX64
                         C99-conformant 64-bit single precision complex number

              GD_COMPLEX128
                         C99-conformant 128-bit double precision complex number

       The  type  of the input data need not be the same as the storage type of the field.  Type conversion will
       be performed as necessary to return the requested type.  The dirfile  argument  must  point  to  a  valid
       DIRFILE object previously created by a call to gd_open(3).

RETURN VALUE

       On success, gd_put_carray(), gd_put_carray_slice() and gd_put_constant() return zero.  On error, they re‐
       turn -1 and set the dirfile error to a non-zero value.  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 specified by field_code was not found in the database.

       GD_E_BAD_DIRFILE
               An invalid dirfile was supplied.

       GD_E_BAD_FIELD_TYPE
               The  supplied  field_code  was  not  a  CONST nor a CARRAY.  The caller should use gd_putdata(3),
               gd_put_constant(3), or gd_put_string(3) instead.

       GD_E_BAD_TYPE
               An invalid data_type was specified.

       GD_E_BOUNDS
               A request for data beyond the end of the field was made.

       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 maintainer.

       GD_E_PROTECTED
               The fragment containing the constant was protected from change.

       The dirfile error may be retrieved by calling gd_error(3).  A descriptive error string for the last error
       encountered may be obtained from a call to gd_error_string(3).

SEE ALSO

       dirfile(5), gd_carray_len(3),  gd_carrays(3),  gd_error(3),  gd_error_string(3),  gd_get_carray_slice(3),
       gd_open(3), gd_put_constant(3)

Version 0.8.0                                      4 July 2012                            gd_put_carray_slice(3)