Top-level functions

Functions
__api void	iio_library_get_version (unsigned int *major, unsigned int *minor, char git_tag[8])
	Get the version of the libiio library. More...
__api void	iio_strerror (int err, char *dst, size_t len)
	Get a string description of an error code. More...
__api __cnst bool	iio_has_backend (const char *backend)
	Check if the specified backend is available. More...
__api __cnst unsigned int	iio_get_backends_count (void)
	Get the number of available backends. More...
__api __cnst const char *	iio_get_backend (unsigned int index)
	Retrieve the name of a given backend. More...

Detailed Description

Function Documentation

iio_get_backend()

__api __cnst const char* iio_get_backend

(

unsigned int

index

)

Retrieve the name of a given backend.

Parameters

index

The index corresponding to the attribute

Returns

On success, a pointer to a static NULL-terminated string

If the index is invalid, NULL is returned

Introduced in version 0.9.

iio_get_backends_count()

__api __cnst unsigned int iio_get_backends_count

(

void

)

Get the number of available backends.

Returns

The number of available backends

Introduced in version 0.9.

iio_has_backend()

__api __cnst bool iio_has_backend

(

const char *

backend

)

Check if the specified backend is available.

Parameters

backend

The name of the backend to query

Returns

True if the backend is available, false otherwise

Introduced in version 0.9.

iio_library_get_version()

__api void iio_library_get_version	(	unsigned int *	major,
		unsigned int *	minor,
		char	git_tag[8]
	)

Get the version of the libiio library.

Parameters

major	A pointer to an unsigned integer (NULL accepted)
minor	A pointer to an unsigned integer (NULL accepted)
git_tag	A pointer to a 8-characters buffer (NULL accepted)

iio_strerror()

__api void iio_strerror	(	int	err,
		char *	dst,
		size_t	len
	)

Get a string description of an error code.

Parameters

err	The error code
dst	A pointer to the memory area where the NULL-terminated string corresponding to the error message will be stored
len	The available length of the memory area, in bytes