tt_spec_move(3) ToolTalk Functions tt_spec_move(3)NAMEtt_spec_move - notify the ToolTalk service that an object has moved to
a different file
SYNOPSIS
#include <Tt/tt_c.h>
char *tt_spec_move(const char *objid,
const char *newfilepath);
DESCRIPTION
The tt_spec_move() function notifies the ToolTalk service that this
object has moved to a different file.
The ToolTalk service returns a new objid for the object and leaves a
forwarding pointer from the old objid to the new one.
If a new objid is not required (for example, because the new and old
files are in the same file system), tt_spec_move() returns
TT_WRN_SAME_OBJID.
The objid argument is the identifier of the object involved in this
operation.
The newfilepath argument is the new file name.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, the tt_spec_move() function returns the new
unique identifier of the object involved in this operation. The appli‐
cation can use tt_ptr_error(3) to extract one of the following Tt_sta‐
tus values from the returned pointer:
TT_OK The operation completed successfully.
TT_ERR_DBAVAIL
The ToolTalk service could not access the ToolTalk database
needed for this operation.
TT_ERR_DBEXIST
The ToolTalk service could not access the specified ToolTalk
database in the expected place.
TT_ERR_NOMP
The ttsession(1) process is not running and the ToolTalk
service cannot restart it.
TT_ERR_OBJID
The objid passed to the ToolTalk service does not reference
an existing object spec.
TT_ERR_PATH
The specified pathname included an unsearchable directory.
TT_WRN_SAME_OBJID
A new objid is not required.
APPLICATION USAGE
The application should use tt_free(3) to free any data stored in the
address returned by the ToolTalk API.
For efficiency and reliability, the application should replace any ref‐
erences in the application to the old objid with references to the new
one.
SEE ALSOtt_c(5), tt_ptr_error(3), tt_free(3).
ToolTalk 1.3 1 March 1996 tt_spec_move(3)
