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.TH SDL_AddGamepadMappingsFromFile 3 "SDL 3.1.0" "SDL" "SDL3 FUNCTIONS"
.SH NAME
SDL_AddGamepadMappingsFromFile \- Load a set of gamepad mappings from a file\[char46]
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include \(dqSDL3/SDL.h\(dq
.PP
.BI "int SDL_AddGamepadMappingsFromFile(const char *file);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
You can call this function several times, if needed, to load different
database files\[char46]

If a new mapping is loaded for an already known gamepad GUID, the later
version will overwrite the one currently loaded\[char46]

Mappings not belonging to the current platform or with no platform field
specified will be ignored (i\[char46]e\[char46] mappings for Linux will be ignored in
Windows, etc)\[char46]

.SH FUNCTION PARAMETERS
.TP
.I file
the mappings file to load
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns the number of mappings added or -1 on error; call

.BR SDL_GetError
() for more information\[char46]

.SH AVAILABILITY
This function is available since SDL 3\[char46]0\[char46]0\[char46]

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR SDL_AddGamepadMapping (3),
.BR SDL_AddGamepadMappingsFromIO (3),
.BR SDL_GetGamepadMapping (3),
.BR SDL_GetGamepadMappingForGUID (3)