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vkAllocateCommandBuffers(3)
===========================

Name
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vkAllocateCommandBuffers - Allocate command buffers from an existing command pool

C Specification
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// refBegin vkAllocateCommandBuffers Allocate command buffers from an existing command pool

To allocate command buffers, call:

include::../api/protos/vkAllocateCommandBuffers.txt[]


Parameters
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  * pname:device is the logical device that owns the command pool.
  * pname:pAllocateInfo is a pointer to an instance of the
    sname:VkCommandBufferAllocateInfo structure describing parameters of the
    allocation.
  * pname:pCommandBuffers is a pointer to an array of sname:VkCommandBuffer
    handles in which the resulting command buffer objects are returned. The
    array must: be at least the length specified by the
    pname:commandBufferCount member of pname:pAllocateInfo. Each allocated
    command buffer begins in the initial state.


Description
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include::../validity/protos/vkAllocateCommandBuffers.txt[]


See Also
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slink:VkCommandBuffer, slink:VkCommandBufferAllocateInfo, slink:VkDevice


Document Notes
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For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/xhtml/vkspec.html#vkAllocateCommandBuffers

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification.
Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification,not directly.

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