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endurox:v7.5.x:api:ubf:btypcvt.3
Name
Btypcvt — Convert user data betwen UBF types
Synopsis
#include <ubf.h>
char * Btypcvt (BFLDLEN *to_len, int to_type, char *from_buf, int from_type, BFLDLEN from_len);
Link with -lubf -lnstd -lm -lpthread
DESCRIPTION
Convert the data from from_buf/from_type/from_len triplet to type in to_type. The length is returned in to_len. Length is mandatory for BFLD_CARRAY types, for others they can be NULL. Function returns the pointer to data block, which is malloced by this function.
The memory allocated by this function user shall free with standard free() system call.
RETURN VALUE
On success, Btypcvt() return pointer to allocated memory with converted data; on error, NULL is returned, with Berror set to indicate the error.