ttdt_file_request(3) ToolTalk Functions ttdt_file_request(3)NAMEttdt_file_request - create and send a standard ToolTalk request about a
file
SYNOPSIS
#include <Tt/tttk.h>
Tt_message ttdt_file_request(Tt_message context,
Tttk_op op,
Tt_scope scope,
const char *pathname,
Ttdt_file_cb cb,
void *client_data,
int send_and_destroy);
DESCRIPTION
The ttdt_file_request() function is used to create (and optionally
send) any of the standard Desktop file requests such as Get_Modified,
Save, and Revert.
The ttdt_file_request() function creates a request with the specified
op and scope, and sets its file attribute to pathname. The function
adds an unset argument of Tt_mode TT_IN and vtype File to the request,
per the Desktop messaging conventions. If op is TTDT_GET_MODIFIED,
ttdt_file_request() also adds an unset TT_OUT argument of vtype Boolean
to the request. The ttdt_file_request() function installs cb as a mes‐
sage callback for the created request, and ensures that client_data
will be passed into the callback. (The Ttdt_file_cb callback is
described under ttdt_file_join(3)). If send is True,
ttdt_file_request() sends the request before returning the handle to
it; otherwise, it only creates the request.
The context argument describes the environment to use. If context is
not zero, messages created by ttdt_file_request() inherit from context
all contexts whose slotname begins with the characters ENV_.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, the ttdt_file_request() function returns
the created Tt_message; otherwise, it returns an error pointer. The
application can use tt_ptr_error(3) to extract one of the following
Tt_status values from the returned handle:
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_NOMEM
There is insufficient memory available to perform the func‐
tion.
TT_ERR_NOMP
The ttsession(1) process is not running and the ToolTalk
service cannot restart it.
TT_ERR_OVERFLOW
The ToolTalk service has more active messages than it can
handle. (The maximum number of active messages is implemen‐
tation specific, but is at least 2000.)
TT_ERR_POINTER
The pathname argument was NULL or was a ToolTalk error
pointer.
TT_ERR_PROCID
The specified process identifier is out of date or invalid.
APPLICATION USAGE
The ttdt_file_request() function is a lower-level interface than
ttdt_Get_Modified(), ttdt_Save(), and ttdt_Revert(), since the latter
functions create and send the request and then block on its reply.
SEE ALSOtttk(5), ttdt_Get_Modified(3), ttdt_Save(3), ttdt_Revert(3),
ttdt_file_join(3).
ToolTalk 1.3 1 March 1996 ttdt_file_request(3)
