tt_spec_move(3)

tt_spec_move(3)	       C LIBRARY FUNCTIONS	  tt_spec_move(3)

NAME
     tt_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 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  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_PATH

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tt_spec_move(3)	       C LIBRARY FUNCTIONS	  tt_spec_move(3)

		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  references in the application to the	old objid
     with references to	the new	one.

SEE ALSO
     Tttt_c(5),	tt_ptr_error(3), tt_free(3).

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