screen_get_device_property_cv()

Updated: April 19, 2023

Retrieve the current value of the specified device property of type char

Synopsis:

#include <screen/screen.h>
int screen_get_device_property_cv(screen_device_t dev,
                                  int pname,
                                  int len,
                                  char *param)

Arguments:

dev
The handle of the device whose property is being queried.
pname
The name of the property whose value is being queried. The properties available for query are of type Screen property types.
len
The maximum number of bytes that Screen can write to param.
param
The buffer where Screen stores the retrieved value (a character array that includes a terminating null character). This buffer must be an array of type char with a minimum length of len. If this user-provided buffer has insufficient space for storing the property being retrieved, Screen truncates the retrieved value and returns the character array without a terminating null character.

Library:

libscreen

Description:

Function Type: Flushing Execution

This function stores the current value of a device property in a user-provided buffer.

The values of the following properties can be retrieved using this function:

Returns:

0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred (errno is set; refer to errno.h for more details).