niAddName

Adds one Name area

Syntax

    #include  "niffapi.h"
    int niAddName(Nis *nis);

Arguments

  nis Pointer to the Nis structure

Return value

Returns the number of Name areas. Index starts from 0, so the index of a newly secured area is the returned value - 1.

Description

Creates the Name area data and adds it to NameList.

Notes

Three blank+NULL characters are set in node_name. A 4 byte region, which is the minimum length for node_name, is secured. Blank characters are invalid, so be sure to set the name using niSetName() after using this function.

See Also

niSetName
For the Nis structure, refer to n64kit/niff/niffapi/nis.h.