NAME

nbdkit_parse_size - parse human-readable size strings for nbdkit

SYNOPSIS

 #include <nbdkit-plugin.h>
 int64_t nbdkit_parse_size (const char *str);

DESCRIPTION

Use the "nbdkit_parse_size" utility function to parse human-readable size strings such as "100M" into the size in bytes.

The "str" parameter is a string in a number of common formats.

RETURN VALUE

The function returns the size in bytes.

If there is an error it calls nbdkit_error(3) and returns -1.

LANGUAGE BINDINGS

In nbdkit-ocaml-plugin(3):

 NBDKit.parse_size : string -> int64

In nbdkit-python-plugin(3):

 import nbdkit
 size = nbdkit.parse_size(str)

In nbdkit-rust-plugin(3):

 use nbdkit::*;
 pub fn parse_size(s: &str) -> Result<i64>

In nbdkit-sh-plugin(3), "nbdkit_parse_size" is called implicitly to parse the output of "get_size" and other methods.

HISTORY

"nbdkit_parse_size" was present in nbdkit 0.1.0.

SEE ALSO

nbdkit(1), nbdkit_parse_bool(3), nbdkit_parse_delay(3), nbdkit_parse_int(3), nbdkit_parse_probability(3), nbdkit-plugin(3), nbdkit-filter(3).

AUTHORS

Richard W.M. Jones

COPYRIGHT

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