Status(4)

Status(4)	 DEVICES AND NETWORK INTERFACES		Status(4)

NAME
     Status notice -  a	 tool  has  some  status  information  to
     announce

SYNOPSIS
     Status(in string status,
	    in string vendor,
	    in string toolName,
	    in string toolVersion
	    [in	messageID commission]);

DESCRIPTION
     The Status	notice indicates that a	tool has status	 informa-
     tion to announce.

     The status	argument is the	status being announced.

     The vendor	argument is the	vendor of the sending tool.

     The toolName argument is the name of the sending tool.

     The toolVersion argument is the version of	the sending tool.

     The commission argument is	the ID of the  request,	 if  any,
     that  initiated  the  operation the status	of which is being
     announced.

APPLICATION USAGE
     The ttdt_subcontract_manage(3),  function	can  be	 used  to
     register for, and help process, the Status	request.

     The Status	request	can be sent with ttdt_message_accept(3).

     The Status	notice can be used by handlers of requests invok-
     ing protracted operations to provide periodic point-to-point
     status reports to the requester.  Doing so	has the	nice side
     effect  of	identifying the	handler	to the requester, so that
     the requester can issue a Quit request if it wants	to.

SEE ALSO
     ttdt_message_accept(3), ttdt_subcontract_manage(3); Quit
     request.

Unix System LaboratorLast change: 13 May 1994			1