On 7/8/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I need to send a data structure over an io_channel. In the > reference > > manual, I found that the only available instruction to write data > in a > > channel is: > > > > GIOStatus g_io_channel_write_chars (GIOChannel *channel, > > const gchar *buf, > > gssize count, > > gsize *bytes_written, > > GError **error); > > > > which needs a gchar* as the input data.. How can I send my data > > structure with this command? > > g_io_channel_write_chars(channel, (const gchar *)your_struct, sizeof > (your_struct), &written, errors);
Beware however that depending on the contents of your structure, you may have some problems if you exchange data this way between machines which do not have the same endian-ness (if it's on the same machine, then no problem!). Vivien _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
