gd_nfields(3)

NAME
gd_nfields — report the number of fields in a dirfile

SYNOPSIS
#include <getdata.h>

unsigned int gd_nfields(DIRFILE *dirfile);

DESCRIPTION
The gd_nfields() function queries a dirfile(5) database specified by dirfile and returns the number of fields defined in the database. Notably, this count does not include /META fields. The dirfile argument must point to a valid DIRFILE object previously created by a call to gd_open(3).

RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, gd_nfields() returns the number of defined fields in the dirfile. On error, it returns zero and sets the dirfile error to a non-zero error value. Possible error values are:

GD_E_BAD_DIRFILE
    The supplied dirfile was invalid.

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

SEE ALSO
dirfile(5), gd_open(3), gd_error(3), gd_error_string(3), gd_field_list(3), gd_nfields_by_type(3), gd_nmfields(3), gd_nvectors(3)