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Check that a field name is legal.
#include <bpipe/bpipe.h>int bpipe_check_field_name(const char *name);
const char *name
- the name to check
Field names must start with a character from the alphabet or an
underscore and can contain only alphanumeric and underline
characters. Field names beginning with an underscore are
reserved for use by bpipe
.
It returns zero if the name is legal, non-zero if it isn't