# sort_get_buffers

- **Language:** C
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/sort.c#L415
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-sort_get_buffers/

```c
struct paste_buffer ** sort_get_buffers(u_int *n, struct sort_criteria *sort_crit)
```

## Parameters

- `n` (`u_int *`)
- `sort_crit` (`struct sort_criteria *`)

## Called by

- [`cmd_list_buffers_exec`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-cmd-list-buffers-c-cmd_list_buffers_exec/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-list-buffers.c#L69)
- [`window_buffer_build`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-window-buffer-c-window_buffer_build/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/window-buffer.c#L149)

## Calls

- [`sort_qsort`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-sort-c-sort_qsort/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/sort.c#L431)
- [`xreallocarray`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-xreallocarray/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/sort.c#L426)

## Other function references

- [`paste_walk`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-paste_walk/) (function)
- [`sort_buffer_cmp`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-sort-c-sort_buffer_cmp/) (function)

## Referenced declarations

- [`paste_buffer`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-struct-paste_buffer/) (struct)
- [`sort_criteria`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-struct-sort_criteria/) (struct)