NAME

       nbdkit_parse_size - parse human-readable size strings for nbdkit

SYNOPSIS

        #include <nbdkit-plugin.h>

        int64_t nbdkit_parse_size (const char *str);

DESCRIPTION

       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.

HISTORY

       "nbdkit_parse_size" was present in nbdkit 0.1.0.

SEE ALSO

       nbdkit(1), nbdkit_parse_bool(3), nbdkit_parse_delay(3), nbdkit_parse_int(3), nbdkit_parse_probability(3),
       nbdkit-plugin(3), nbdkit-filter(3).

AUTHORS

       Richard W.M. Jones

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nbdkit-1.42.2                                      2025-04-02                               nbdkit_parse_size(3)