NAME

tt_message_op — retrieve the operation attribute from a message

SYNOPSIS

#include &<Tt/tt_c.h>
char *tt_message_op(
Tt_message m);

DESCRIPTION

The tt_message_op function retrieves the operation attribute from the specified message.

The m argument is the opaque handle for the message involved in this operation.

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, the tt_message_op function returns the operation which the receiving process is to perform. 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_NOMP

The ttsession(1) process is not running and the ToolTalk service cannot restart it.

TT_ERR_POINTER

The pointer passed does not point to an object of the correct type for this operation.

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/tt_c.h - Tttt_c(5), tt_ptr_error(3), tt_free(3).