import ffi import uctypes libc = ffi.open("libc.so.6") print("libc:", libc) print() # Declare few functions perror = libc.func("v", "perror", "s") time = libc.func("i", "time", "p") open = libc.func("i", "open", "si") qsort = libc.func("v", "qsort", "piiC") # And one variable errno = libc.var("i", "errno") print("time:", time) print("UNIX time is:", time(None)) print() perror("perror before error") open("somethingnonexistent__", 0) print("errno object:", errno) print("errno value:", errno.get()) perror("perror after error") print() def cmp(pa, pb): a = uctypes.bytearray_at(pa, 1) b = uctypes.bytearray_at(pb, 1) print("cmp:", a, b) return a[0] - b[0] cmp_cb = ffi.callback("i", cmp, "PP") print("callback:", cmp_cb) s = bytearray(b"foobar") print("org string:", s) qsort(s, len(s), 1, cmp_cb) print("qsort'ed string:", s)