Internal API for lirc applications. More...

Files
file	ciniparser.h
	Parser for ini files.

file	config_file.h
	Parses the lircd.cont config file.

file	dictionary.h
	Implements a dictionary for string variables.This module implements a simple dictionary object, i.e. a list of string/string associations. This object is useful to store e.g. information retrieved from a configuration file (ini files).

file	driver.h
	Interface to the userspace drivers.

file	drv_admin.h
	Routines for dynamic drivers.Functions in this file provides primitives to iterate over the dynamic drivers + a single function to install such a driver.

file	dump_config.h
	Dumps data structures into file.

file	input_map.h
	Button namespace derived from Linux input layer.

file	ir_remote.h
	Describes and decodes the signals from IR remotes.

file	ir_remote_types.h
	Describes and decodes the signals from IR remotes.

file	ir_remote_types.h
	Describes and decodes the signals from IR remotes.

file	lirc_config.h
	Local configuration constants not managed by autotools.

file	lirc_log.h
	Logging functionality.

file	lirc_options.h
	Options management: options file, parse and retrieve.

file	release.h
	Automatic release event generation.

file	util.h
	Utilities.

Functions
struct ir_remote *	read_config (FILE f, const char name)

void	free_config (struct ir_remote *remotes)

const char *	drop_sudo_root (int(*set_some_uid)(uid_t))

void	drop_root_cli (int(*set_some_uid)(uid_t))

Detailed Description

Internal API for lirc applications.

Function Documentation

void drop_root_cli ( int(*)(uid_t) set_some_uid )

Default view part of drop_sudo_root. Invokes drop_sudo_root() and prints status messagea on stdout.

Parameters

set_some_uid Typically seteuid() or setuid()

Definition at line 53 of file util.c.

const char* drop_sudo_root ( int(*)(uid_t) set_some_uid )

Try to drop possible root privileges, returning new user or "" on error.

Parameters

set_some_uid Typically seteuid() or setuid()

Definition at line 26 of file util.c.

void free_config ( struct ir_remote * remotes )

Free() an ir_remote instance obtained using read_config().

Definition at line 1402 of file config_file.c.

Parse a lircd.conf config file.

Parameters

f	Open FILE* connection to file.
name	Normally the path for the open file f.

Definition at line 828 of file config_file.c.