The GNU libextractor Reference Manual

The GNU libextractor Reference Manual

This manual is for GNU libextractor (version 1.0.0, 8 September 2012), a library for metadata extraction.

Copyright © 2007, 2010, 2012 Christian Grothoff

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled “GNU Free Documentation License”.

• Introduction: What is GNU libextractor.
• Preparation: What you should do before using the library.
• Generalities: General library functions and data types.
• Extracting meta data: How to use GNU libextractor to obtain meta data.
• Language bindings: How to use GNU libextractor from languages other than C.
• Utility functions: Utility functions of GNU libextractor.
• Existing Plugins: What plugins are available.
• Writing new Plugins: How to write new plugins for GNU libextractor.
• Internal utility functions: Utility functions of GNU libextractor for writing plugins.
• Reporting bugs: How to report bugs or request new features.

Appendices

• GNU Free Documentation License: Copying this manual.

Indices

• Index: Index