Method

FwupdPluginIOChannelread_bytes

since: 1.2.2

Declaration [src]

GBytes*
fu_io_channel_read_bytes (
  FuIOChannel* self,
  gssize count,
  guint timeout_ms,
  FuIOChannelFlags flags,
  GError** error
)

Description [src]

Reads bytes from the TTY, that will fail if exceeding timeout_ms.

Available since: 1.2.2

Parameters

count

Type: gssize

Number of bytes to read, or -1 for no limit.

timeout_ms

Type: guint

Timeout in ms.

flags

Type: FuIOChannelFlags

Channel flags, e.g. FU_IO_CHANNEL_FLAG_SINGLE_SHOT.

error

Type: GError **

The return location for a recoverable error.

The argument can be NULL.

If the return location is not NULL, then you must initialize it to a NULL GError*.

The argument will be left initialized to NULL by the method if there are no errors.

In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated GError; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.

Return value

Type: GBytes

A GBytes (which may be bigger than count), or NULL for error.

The caller of the method takes ownership of the returned data, and is responsible for freeing it.