Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)

FreeBSD Manual Pages

  
 
  

home | help
libqcow(3)		    Library Functions Manual		    libqcow(3)

NAME
       libqcow.h -- Library to access the QEMU Copy-On-Write (QCOW) image file
       format

SYNOPSIS
       #include	<libqcow.h>

       Support functions

       const char *
       libqcow_get_version(void);

       int
       libqcow_get_access_flags_read(void);

       int
       libqcow_get_access_flags_read_write(void);

       int
       libqcow_get_access_flags_write(void);

       int
       libqcow_get_codepage(int	*codepage, libqcow_error_t **error);

       int
       libqcow_set_codepage(int	codepage, libqcow_error_t **error);

       int
       libqcow_check_file_signature(const	     char	    *filename,
	   libqcow_error_t **error);

       Available when compiled with wide character string support:

       int
       libqcow_check_file_signature_wide(const	     wchar_t	    *filename,
	   libqcow_error_t **error);

       Available when compiled with libbfio support:

       int
       libqcow_check_file_signature_file_io_handle(libbfio_handle_*tbfio_handle,
	   libqcow_error_t **error);

       Notify functions

       void
       libqcow_notify_set_verbose(int verbose);

       int
       libqcow_notify_set_stream(FILE *stream, libqcow_error_t **error);

       int
       libqcow_notify_stream_open(const		   char		    *filename,
	   libqcow_error_t **error);

       int
       libqcow_notify_stream_close(libqcow_error_t **error);

       Error functions

       void
       libqcow_error_free(libqcow_error_t **error);

       int
       libqcow_error_fprint(libqcow_error_t *error, FILE *stream);

       int
       libqcow_error_sprint(libqcow_error_t	 *error,     char     *string,
	   size_t size);

       int
       libqcow_error_backtrace_fprint(libqcow_error_t *error, FILE *stream);

       int
       libqcow_error_backtrace_sprint(libqcow_error_t  *error,	char  *string,
	   size_t size);

       File functions

       int
       libqcow_file_initialize(libqcow_file_t			       **file,
	   libqcow_error_t **error);

       int
       libqcow_file_free(libqcow_file_t	**file,	libqcow_error_t	**error);

       int
       libqcow_file_signal_abort(libqcow_file_t				*file,
	   libqcow_error_t **error);

       int
       libqcow_file_open(libqcow_file_t	   *file,    const   char   *filename,
	   int access_flags, libqcow_error_t **error);

       int
       libqcow_file_close(libqcow_file_t *file,	libqcow_error_t	**error);

       int
       libqcow_file_is_locked(libqcow_file_t *file, libqcow_error_t **error);

       ssize_t
       libqcow_file_read_buffer(libqcow_file_t	  *file,     void     *buffer,
	   size_t buffer_size, libqcow_error_t **error);

       ssize_t
       libqcow_file_read_buffer_at_offset(libqcow_file_t  *file, void *buffer,
	   size_t buffer_size, off64_t offset, libqcow_error_t **error);

       off64_t
       libqcow_file_seek_offset(libqcow_file_t	  *file,    off64_t    offset,
	   int whence, libqcow_error_t **error);

       int
       libqcow_file_get_offset(libqcow_file_t	 *file,	   off64_t    *offset,
	   libqcow_error_t **error);

       int
       libqcow_file_set_parent_file(libqcow_file_t			*file,
	   libqcow_file_t *parent_file,	libqcow_error_t	**error);

       int
       libqcow_file_get_format_version(libqcow_file_t			*file,
	   uint32_t *format_version, libqcow_error_t **error);

       int
       libqcow_file_get_encryption_method(libqcow_file_t		*file,
	   uint32_t *encryption_method,	libqcow_error_t	**error);

       int
       libqcow_file_set_keys(libqcow_file_t   *file,   const   uint8_t	 *key,
	   size_t key_size, libqcow_error_t **error);

       int
       libqcow_file_set_utf8_password(libqcow_file_t			*file,
	   const     uint8_t	*utf8_string,	 size_t	   utf8_string_length,
	   libqcow_error_t **error);

       int
       libqcow_file_set_utf16_password(libqcow_file_t			*file,
	   const    uint16_t	*utf16_string,	 size_t	  utf16_string_length,
	   libqcow_error_t **error);

       int
       libqcow_file_get_media_size(libqcow_file_t *file, size64_t *media_size,
	   libqcow_error_t **error);

       int
       libqcow_file_get_utf8_backing_filename_size(libqcow_file_t	*file,
	   size_t *utf8_string_size, libqcow_error_t **error);

       int
       libqcow_file_get_utf8_backing_filename(libqcow_file_t		*file,
	   uint8_t	  *utf8_string,	       size_t	     utf8_string_size,
	   libqcow_error_t **error);

       int
       libqcow_file_get_utf16_backing_filename_size(libqcow_file_t	*file,
	   size_t *utf16_string_size, libqcow_error_t **error);

       int
       libqcow_file_get_utf16_backing_filename(libqcow_file_t		*file,
	   uint16_t	  *utf16_string,       size_t	    utf16_string_size,
	   libqcow_error_t **error);

       int
       libqcow_file_get_number_of_snapshots(libqcow_file_t		*file,
	   int *number_of_snapshots, libqcow_error_t **error);

       Available when compiled with wide character string support:

       int
       libqcow_file_open_wide(libqcow_file_t  *file,  const wchar_t *filename,
	   int access_flags, libqcow_error_t **error);

       Available when compiled with libbfio support:

       int
       libqcow_file_open_file_io_handle(libqcow_file_t			*file,
	   libbfio_handle_t	  *file_io_handle,	int	 access_flags,
	   libqcow_error_t **error);

DESCRIPTION
       The libqcow_get_version() function is used to retrieve the library ver-
       sion.

RETURN VALUES
       Most of the functions return NULL or -1 on error, dependent on the  re-
       turn type.  For the actual return values	see "libqcow.h".

ENVIRONMENT
       None

FILES
       None

NOTES
       libqcow can be compiled with wide character support (wchar_t).

       To  compile  libqcow  with  wide	 character  support  use:  ./configure
       --enable-wide-character-type=yes
	or define: _UNICODE
	or UNICODE
	during compilation.

       LIBQCOW_WIDE_CHARACTER_TYPE
	in libqcow/features.h can be used to determine if libqcow was compiled
       with wide character support.

BUGS
       Please  report  bugs  of	 any  kind  on	the  project  issue   tracker:
       https://github.com/libyal/libqcow/issues

AUTHOR
       These man pages are generated from "libqcow.h".

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2010-2024,	Joachim	Metz <joachim.metz@gmail.com>.

       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
       NO  warranty;  not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
       PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       the libqcow.h include file

libqcow			       December	12, 2020		    libqcow(3)

Want to link to this manual page? Use this URL:
<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=libqcow&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+Ports+15.0>

home | help