Synopsis

BOOL DeleteNV(
         STRPTR appName,
         STRPTR itemName,
         BOOL killRequesters );

Function

Delete a piece of data in the nonvolatile storage.

Inputs

appName         --  the application owning the data to be deleted; maximum
                    length 31
itemName        --  name of the data to be deleted; maximum length 31
killRequesters  --  if set to TRUE no system requesters will be displayed
                    during the deletion operation; if set to FALSE, system
                    requesters will be allowed to be displayed

Result

Success / failure indicator.

Notes

The 'appName' and 'itemName' strings may NOT include the characters
'/' or ':'.

Synopsis

VOID FreeNVData(
         APTR data );

Function

Free data allocated by nonvolatile.library (GetCopyNV(), GetNVInfo(),
GetNVList()).

Inputs

data  --  data got from a nonvolatile.library function; may be NULL in
          which case this function does nothing

See also

GetCopyNV() GetNVInfo() GetNVList()

Synopsis

APTR GetCopyNV(
         STRPTR appName,
         STRPTR itemName,
         BOOL killRequesters );

Function

Search the nonvolatile storage for the object 'itemName' allocated by
'appName' and return a copy of the data.

Inputs

appName         --  name of the application that allocated the item
itemName        --  the object to look for
killRequesters  --  if TRUE no system requesters will be allowed to be
                    displayed during the operation of this function

Result

Pointer to the data assocated with 'itemName' as allocated by 'appName'.

See also

FreeNVData() libraries/nonvolatile.h

Synopsis

struct NVInfo * GetNVInfo(
         BOOL killRequesters );

Function

Report information on the user's preferred nonvolatile storage device.

Inputs

killRequesters  --  if TRUE no system requesters will be displayed during
                    the operation of this function

Result

Pointer to an NVInfo structure containing the information on the nonvolatile
storage device currently in use. Returns NULL in case of a failure.

See also

FreeNVData() StoreNV() libraries/nonvolatile.h

Synopsis

struct MinList * GetNVList(
         STRPTR appName,
         BOOL killRequesters );

Function

Returns a list of items allocated by application 'appName'.

Inputs

appName         --  the application the nonvolatile items of which to query
                    about
killRequesters  --  if TRUE you make sure that no system requesters will be
                    displayed during the operation of this function

Result

Pointer to a MinList of NVEntries which describes the items. Failure due to
lack of memory will be indicated by returning NULL.

Notes

The protection field should be examined using the field masks NVIF_DELETE
or by the bit definition NVIB_DELETE as the other bits are reserved for
system use.

See also

FreeNVData() SetNVProtection() libraries/nonvolatile.h

Synopsis

BOOL SetNVProtection(
         STRPTR appName,
         STRPTR itemName,
         LONG mask,
         BOOL killRequesters );

Function

Set the protection attributes for a nonvolatile item.

Inputs

appName         --  the application owning the item stored in nonvolatile
                    memory
itemName        --  the name of the item to change the protection of
mask            --  the new protection status

killRequesters  --  if TRUE no system requesters will be displayed during
                    the operation of this function

Result

Success / failure indicator.

Notes

The only bit that should currently be used in the 'mask' is the DELETE bit.

See also

GetNVList() libraries/nonvolatile.h

Synopsis

LONG StoreNV(
         STRPTR appName,
         STRPTR itemName,
         APTR data,
         ULONG length,
         BOOL killRequesters );

Function

Save data in the nonvolatile storage.

Inputs

appName         --  the application to save an item in the nonvolatile
                    storage
itemName        --  the name of the item to save
data            --  the data to save
length          --  number of tens of bytes of the data to save rounded
                    upwards (for instance to save 24 bytes specify 3).
killRequesters  --  if TRUE no system requesters will be displayed during
                    the operation of this function

Result

Indication of the success of the operation

    0                --  no error
    NVERR_BADNAME    --  'appName' or 'itemName' were not correctly
                         specified names
    NVERR_WRITEPROT  --  the nonvolatile storage is read only
    NVERR_FAIL       --  failure in data saving (storage is full or write
                         protected)
    NVERR_FATAL      --  fatal error (possible loss of previously saved
                         data)

Notes

The strings 'appName' and 'itemName' should be descripive but short as the
size of the nonvolatile storage may be very limited. The strings may not
contatin the characters ':' or '/'. The maximum length for each of these
strings is 31.

See also

GetCopyNV() GetNVInfo()