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 * apps/include/fsutils/inifile.h
 *
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 *   Author: Gregory Nutt <gnutt@nuttx.org>
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#ifndef __APPS_INCLUDE_FSUTILS_INIFILE_H
#define __APPS_INCLUDE_FSUTILS_INIFILE_H

/****************************************************************************
 * Included Files
 ****************************************************************************/

#include <nuttx/config.h>

/****************************************************************************
 * Pre-processor Definitions
 ****************************************************************************/

/****************************************************************************
 * Public Types
 ****************************************************************************/

typedef FAR void *INIHANDLE;

/****************************************************************************
 * Public Data
 ****************************************************************************/

#ifdef __cplusplus
#define EXTERN extern "C"
extern "C"
{
#else
#define EXTERN extern
#endif

/****************************************************************************
 * Public Function Prototypes
 ****************************************************************************/

/****************************************************************************
 * Name:  inifile_initialize
 *
 * Description:
 *   Initialize for access to the INI file 'inifile_name'
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

INIHANDLE inifile_initialize(FAR const char *inifile_name);

/****************************************************************************
 * Name:  inifile_uninitialize
 *
 * Description:
 *   Free resources commit to INI file parsing
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

void inifile_uninitialize(INIHANDLE handle);

/****************************************************************************
 * Name: inifile_read_string
 *
 * Description:
 *   Obtains the specified string value for the specified variable name
 *   within the specified section of the INI file.  The receiver of the
 *   value string should call inifile_free_string when it no longer needs
 *   the memory held by the value string.
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

FAR char *inifile_read_string(INIHANDLE handle,
                              FAR const char *section,
                              FAR const char *variable,
                              FAR const char *defvalue);

/****************************************************************************
 * Name:  inifile_read_integer
 *
 * Description:
 *   Obtains the specified integer value for the specified variable name
 *   within the specified section of the INI file
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

long inifile_read_integer(INIHANDLE handle,
                          FAR const char *section,
                          FAR const char *variable,
                          FAR long defvalue);

/****************************************************************************
 * Name:  inifile_free_string
 *
 * Description:
 *   Release resources allocated for the value string previously obtained
 *   from inifile_read_string.  The purpose of this inline function is to
 *   hide the memory allocator used by this implementation.
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

void inifile_free_string(FAR char *value);

#undef EXTERN
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif /* __APPS_INCLUDE_FSUTILS_INIFILE_H */