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.TH "NTFS_GET_NR_SIGNIFICANT_BYTES" "9" "09 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
ntfs_get_nr_significant_bytes \- get number of bytes needed to store a number
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
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int ntfs_get_nr_significant_bytes  (const s64 \fIn\fB);
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.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIn\fB\fR
number for which to get the number of bytes for
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Return the number of bytes required to store \fIn\fR unambiguously as
a signed number.
.PP
This is used in the context of the mapping pairs array to determine how
many bytes will be needed in the array to store a given logical cluster
number (lcn) or a specific run length.
.PP
Return the number of bytes written.  This function cannot fail.