MEMPARSE

Section: (9)
Updated: 09 October 2005
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NAME

memparse - parse a string with mem suffixes into a number  

SYNOPSIS

"SYNOPSIS"

unsigned long long memparse (char * ptr, char ** retptr);  

ARGUMENTS

ptr
Where parse begins
retptr
(output) Pointer to next char after parse completes
 

DESCRIPTION

Parses a string into a number. The number stored at ptr is potentially suffixed with K (for kilobytes, or 1024 bytes), M (for megabytes, or 1048576 bytes), or G (for gigabytes, or 1073741824). If the number is suffixed with K, M, or G, then the return value is the number multiplied by one kilobyte, one megabyte, or one gigabyte, respectively.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
ARGUMENTS
DESCRIPTION

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