IEEE1284_FREE_PORTS

Section: Functions (3)
Updated: 07/26/2009
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NAME

ieee1284_free_ports - safely deallocate a port list  

SYNOPSIS

#include <ieee1284.h>
void ieee1284_free_ports(struct parport_list *list);
 

DESCRIPTION

When the port list will no longer be used, the program should call ieee1284_free_ports giving it a pointer to the parport_list structure that holds the list of ports returned by ieee1284_find_ports(3). The ports are reference counted with the ieee1284_open and ieee1284_close functions, and so the port list may be freed even if it contains pointers to ports that are still open.  

AUTHOR

Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>

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