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diff --git a/man/sd_bus_path_encode.xml b/man/sd_bus_path_encode.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 69cda53bf..000000000 --- a/man/sd_bus_path_encode.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,150 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*- Mode: nxml; nxml-child-indent: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*--> -<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" -"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> - -<!-- - This file is part of systemd. - - Copyright 2014 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek - - systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it - under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by - the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or - (at your option) any later version. - - systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but - WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU - Lesser General Public License for more details. - - You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License - along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. ---> - -<refentry id="sd_bus_path_encode" conditional="ENABLE_KDBUS"> - - <refentryinfo> - <title>sd_bus_path_encode</title> - <productname>systemd</productname> - - <authorgroup> - <author> - <contrib>A monkey with a typewriter</contrib> - <firstname>Zbigniew</firstname> - <surname>Jędrzejewski-Szmek</surname> - <email>zbyszek@in.waw.pl</email> - </author> - </authorgroup> - </refentryinfo> - - <refmeta> - <refentrytitle>sd_bus_path_encode</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>3</manvolnum> - </refmeta> - - <refnamediv> - <refname>sd_bus_path_encode</refname> - <refname>sd_bus_path_decode</refname> - - <refpurpose>Convert an external identifier into an object path and back</refpurpose> - </refnamediv> - - <refsynopsisdiv> - <funcsynopsis> - <funcsynopsisinfo>#include <systemd/sd-bus.h></funcsynopsisinfo> - - <funcprototype> - <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_path_encode</function></funcdef> - <paramdef>const char *<parameter>prefix</parameter></paramdef> - <paramdef>const char *<parameter>external_id</parameter></paramdef> - <paramdef>char **<parameter>ret_path</parameter></paramdef> - </funcprototype> - - <funcprototype> - <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_path_decode</function></funcdef> - <paramdef>const char *<parameter>path</parameter></paramdef> - <paramdef>const char *<parameter>prefix</parameter></paramdef> - <paramdef>char **<parameter>ret_external_id</parameter></paramdef> - </funcprototype> - </funcsynopsis> - </refsynopsisdiv> - - <refsect1> - <title>Description</title> - - <para><function>sd_bus_path_encode()</function> and - <function>sd_bus_path_decode()</function> convert external - identifier strings into object paths and back. These functions are - useful to map application-specific string identifiers of any kind - into bus object paths in a simple, reversible and safe way.</para> - - <para><function>sd_bus_path_encode()</function> takes a bus path - prefix and an external identifier string as arguments, plus a - place to store the returned bus path string. The bus path prefix - must be a valid bus path, starting with a slash - <literal>/</literal>, and not ending in one. The external - identifier string may be in any format, may be the empty string, - and has no restrictions on the charset — however, it must - always be <constant>NUL</constant>-terminated. The returned string - will be the concatenation of the bus path prefix plus an escaped - version of the external identifier string. This operation may be - reversed with <function>sd_bus_decode()</function>. It is - recommended to only use external identifiers that generally - require little escaping to be turned into valid bus path - identifiers (for example, by sticking to a 7-bit ASCII character - set), in order to ensure the resulting bus path is still short and - easily processed.</para> - - <para><function>sd_bus_path_decode()</function> reverses the - operation of <function>sd_bus_path_encode()</function> and thus - regenerates an external identifier string from a bus path. It - takes a bus path and a prefix string, plus a place to store the - returned external identifier string. If the bus path does not - start with the specified prefix, 0 is returned and the returned - string is set to <constant>NULL</constant>. Otherwise, the - string following the prefix is unescaped and returned in the - external identifier string.</para> - - <para>The escaping used will replace all characters which are - invalid in a bus object path by <literal>_</literal>, followed by a - hexadecimal value. As a special case, the empty string will be - replaced by a lone <literal>_</literal>.</para> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1> - <title>Return Value</title> - - <para>On success, <function>sd_bus_path_encode()</function> - returns positive or 0, and a valid bus path in the return - argument. On success, <function>sd_bus_path_decode()</function> - returns a positive value if the prefixed matched, or 0 if it - did not. If the prefix matched, the external identifier is returned - in the return parameter. If it did not match, NULL is returned in - the return parameter. On failure, a negative errno-style error - number is returned by either function. The returned strings must - be - <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>'d - by the caller.</para> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1> - <title>Notes</title> - - <para><function>sd_bus_path_encode()</function> and - <function>sd_bus_path_decode()</function> are available as a - shared library, which can be compiled and linked to with the - <constant>libsystemd</constant> <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> - file.</para> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1> - <title>See Also</title> - - <para> - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-bus</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> - </para> - </refsect1> - -</refentry> |