tt_spec_type_set(3)

tt_spec_type_set(3)    C LIBRARY FUNCTIONS    tt_spec_type_set(3)

NAME
     tt_spec_type_set -	assign an object type value to an  object
     spec

SYNOPSIS
     #include <Tt/tt_c.h>

     Tt_status tt_spec_type_set(const char *objid,
				const char *otid);

DESCRIPTION
     The tt_spec_type_set() function assigns an	object type value
     to	the object spec.

     The type must be set before the  spec  is	written	 for  the
     first time	and cannot be set thereafter.

     The objid argument	is the identifier of the object	 involved
     in	 this  operation.   The	 otid argument is the otype to be
     assigned to the spec.

RETURN VALUE
     Upon successful completion, the tt_spec_type_set()	 function
     returns  the status of the	operation as one of the	following
     Tt_status values:

	TT_OK	The operation completed	successfully.

	TT_ERR_DBAVAIL
		The ToolTalk service could not access  the  Tool-
		Talk database needed for this operation.

	TT_ERR_DBEXIST
		The ToolTalk service could not access the  speci-
		fied 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_READONLY
		The attribute the application is trying	to change
		is not owned or	writable by the	current	user.

SEE ALSO
     Tttt_c(5),	tt_spec_create(3), tt_spec_write(3).

Unix System LaboratorLast change: 11 May 1994			1