CDE

NAME

tt_spec_type − return the name of the object type

SYNOPSIS

#include <tt_c.h>
char ∗tt_spec_type(const char ∗objid);

DESCRIPTION

The tt_spec_type function returns the name of the object type. 

The objid argument is the identifier of the object involved in this operation. 

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, the tt_spec_type function returns the type of this object. The application can use tt_ptr_error(3) to extract one of the following Tt_status 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. 

APPLICATION USAGE

The application should use tt_free(3) to free any data stored in the address returned by the ToolTalk API. 

SEE ALSO

tt_c.h(5), tt_ptr_error(3), tt_free(3)