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.TH "PARPORT_GET_PORT" "9" "29 May 2003" "" ""

.SH NAME
parport_get_port \- increment a port's reference count
.SH SYNOPSIS
.sp
\fB
.sp
struct parport * parport_get_port  (struct parport * \fIport\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIport\fB\fR
the port
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This ensure's that a struct parport pointer remains valid
until the matching \fBparport_put_port\fR call.
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.PP
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