describeBuffer

describeBuffer -- describes the segments of a buffer.

Synopsis

       
(describeBuffer card_id buffer)
	

Parameters

card_id

The id of the card.

buffer

The id of the buffer.

Returns

A list of the block attributes associated with the specified block, formatted as follows:

    (describeBuffer card_id buffer seg_attrib0 ... seg_attribN)

where a segment attribute description is formatted as:

    (type read_write_mode offset length )

If the card_id or buffer are invalid, then an error is returned as:

    (error error_string)

Description

This command requests a description of the segments defined for a specified buffer. It is typically sent as a command and not used in the configuration file.

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