nbdkit_parse_size3

Usage

 #include <nbdkit-plugin.h>
 int64_t nbdkit_parse_size (const char *str);

Overview

Use the "nbdkit_parse_size" utility function to parse human-readable size strings such as "100M" into the size in bytes.

The "str" parameter is a string in a number of common formats.

Return value

The function returns the size in bytes.

If there is an error it calls nbdkit_error(3) and returns -1.

Language bindings

In nbdkit-ocaml-plugin(3):

 NBDKit.parse_size : string -> int64

In nbdkit-python-plugin(3):

 import nbdkit
 size = nbdkit.parse_size(str)

In nbdkit-rust-plugin(3):

 use nbdkit::*;
 pub fn parse_size(s: &str) -> Result<i64>

In nbdkit-sh-plugin(3), "nbdkit_parse_size" is called implicitly to parse the output of "get_size" and other methods.