nbdkit_parse_bool(3)

NAME
nbdkit_parse_bool - parse human-readable boolean strings for nbdkit

SYNOPSIS
 #include <nbdkit-plugin.h>

 int nbdkit_parse_bool (const char *str);

DESCRIPTION
Use the "nbdkit_parse_bool" utility function to parse human-readable strings such as "on", "off", "true", "no" etc into a boolean value.

RETURN VALUE
The function returns 0 or 1 if the parse was successful.

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

LANGUAGE BINDINGS
In nbdkit-ocaml-plugin(3):

 NBDKit.parse_bool : string -> bool

In nbdkit-python-plugin(3):

 import nbdkit
 bool = nbdkit.parse_bool(str)

In nbdkit-rust-plugin(3):

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

HISTORY
"nbdkit_parse_bool" was added in nbdkit 1.8.

SEE ALSO
nbdkit(1), nbdkit_parse_delay(3), nbdkit_parse_int(3), nbdkit_parse_probability(3), nbdkit_parse_size(3), nbdkit-plugin(3), nbdkit-filter(3).

AUTHORS
Richard W.M. Jones

COPYRIGHT
Copyright Red Hat

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