## prelude

prelude — Initializing the library

## Synopsis

    #define             LIBPRELUDE_VERSION
    int                 prelude_init                        (int *argc,
                                                             char **argv);
    void                prelude_deinit                      (void);
    const char *        prelude_check_version               (const char *req_version);
    int                 prelude_thread_init                 (void *nil);
    void                prelude_fork_child                  (void);
    void                prelude_fork_parent                 (void);
    void                prelude_fork_prepare                (void);

## Description

Before any operation are done using the prelude library, the user first need to initialize it using the `prelude_init()` function.

    int ret;
    ret = prelude_init(&argc, argv);
    if ( ret < 0 ) {
            prelude_perror(ret, "unable to initialize the prelude library");
            return -1;
    }

## Details

### LIBPRELUDE_VERSION

    #define LIBPRELUDE_VERSION "0.9.24"

### prelude_init ()

    int                 prelude_init                        (int *argc,
                                                             char **argv);

Call this function before using any other Prelude functions in your applications. It will initialize everything needed to operate the library and parses some standard command line options. `argc` and `argv` are adjusted accordingly so your own code will never see those standard arguments.

`argc` : | Address of the argc parameter of your `main()` function.
`argv` : | Address of the argv parameter of your `main()` function.
Returns : | 0 on success, a negative value if an error occured.

### prelude_deinit ()

    void                prelude_deinit                      (void);

Call this function if you're done using the library and want to free global shared ressource allocated by libprelude.

### prelude_check_version ()

    const char *        prelude_check_version               (const char *req_version);

If `req_version` is NULL this function will return the version of the library. Otherwise, `req_version` will be compared to the current library version. If the library version is higher or equal, this function will return the current library version. Otherwise, NULL is returned.

`req_version` : | The minimum acceptable version number.
Returns : | The current library version, or NULL if `req_version` doesn't match.

### prelude_thread_init ()

    int                 prelude_thread_init                 (void *nil);

`nil` : |
Returns : |

### prelude_fork_child ()

    void                prelude_fork_child                  (void);

### prelude_fork_parent ()

    void                prelude_fork_parent                 (void);

### prelude_fork_prepare ()

    void                prelude_fork_prepare                (void);