NAME

tt_spec_type — return the name of the object type

SYNOPSIS

#include &<Tt/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/tt_c.h - Tttt_c(5), tt_ptr_error(3), tt_free(3).