gspool_ptrlist(3)

NAME
gspool_ptrlist - get a list of printers

SYNOPSIS
#include <gspool.h>

int gspool_ptrlist(const int fd, const unsigned flags, int *numptrs, slotno_t **slots)

DESCRIPTION
The gspool_ptrlist() function is used to obtain a list of printers.

fd is a file descriptor previously returned by gspool_open

flags is either zero, or "GSPOOL_FLAG_LOCALONLY" to request that only printers local to the server be listed.

numptrs is a pointer to an integer value which, on successful completion, will contain the number of printer slots returned.

slots is a pointer to to an array of slot numbers. These slot numbers can be used to access individual printers. The memory used by this vector is owned by the API, therefore no attempt should be made by the user to free it.

RETURN VALUES
The function gspool_ptrlist() returns 0 if successful, otherwise one of the following codes: Invalid File descriptor failure writing to the network failure reading from the network

NOTES
The value assigned to *slots is owned by the API, so the user should not attempt to free it. This contrasts, for example, with X library routines.

Also note that certain other calls to the API, notably gspool_joblist, may reuse the space, so the contents should be copied if required before other API calls are made.

EXAMPLE
An example to list all printers

 int fd, ret, np, i;
 slotno_t *slots;

 fd = gspool_open("myhost", (char *) 0, 0);
 if (fd < 0) { /* error handling */
     ...
 }

 ret = gspool_ptrlist(fd, 0, &np, &slots);
 if (ret < 0) { /* error handling */
     ...
 }

 for (i = 0; i < np; i++) {
     slotno_t this_slot = slots[i];
     /* process this_slot */
     ...
 }
 gspool_close(fd);

SEE ALSO
gspool_ptrread(3), gspool_ptradd(3), gspool_ptrdel(3), gspool_ptrfind(3), gspool_ptrfindslot(3), gspool_ptrupd(3), gspool_ptrmon(3), gspool_ptrop(3).

AUTHOR
John M Collins, Xi Software Ltd.