Function

FwupdPluginbytes_get_contents_fd

since: 1.8.2

Declaration [src]

GBytes*
fu_bytes_get_contents_fd (
  gint fd,
  gsize count,
  GError** error
)

Description [src]

Reads a blob from a specific file descriptor.

Note: this will close the fd when done.

Available since: 1.8.2

Parameters

fd

Type: gint

A file descriptor.

count

Type: gsize

The maximum number of bytes to read.

error

Type: GError **

The return location for a recoverable error.

The argument can be NULL.

If the return location is not NULL, then you must initialize it to a NULL GError*.

The argument will left initialized to NULL by the function if there are no errors.

In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated GError; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.

Return value

Type: GBytes

A GBytes, or NULL.

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.