DtDtsDataTypeToAttUNIXtSystem3V (1DtDtsDataTypeToAttributeList(3)
NAME
DtDtsDataTypeToAttributeList - get a list of attributes for
a data type
SYNOPSIS
#include <Dt/Dts.h>
DtDtsAttribute **DtDtsDataTypeToAttributeList(const char *datatype,
const char *opt_name);
DESCRIPTION
The DtDtsDataTypeToAttributeList() function returns a list
of attributes for a data type.
The datatype argument is a pointer to a data type name
string.
The opt_name argument can be used to specify a name to be
associated with the data type. If the opt_name argument is
not NULL, it is used as a pseudo file name in typing;
otherwise, certain attributes may be returned as NULL
because the filename components could not be determined.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, the
DtDtsDataTypeToAttributeList() function returns a NULL-
terminated array of pointers of *DtDtsAttribute, or NULL if
no value could be determined.
APPLICATION USAGE
The application should use the DtDtsFreeAttributeList(3)
function to release the memory for the returned value.
The opt_name argument is useful when the attribute being
returned contains a modifier string that depends on having a
file name included. For example, if the INSTANCE_ICON
attribute had the value %name%.icon, opt_name would be used
to derive the %name% portion of the attribute value. See
dtdtsfile(4).
SEE ALSO
DtDts(5), DtDtsLoadDataTypes(3), DtDtsFreeAttributeList(3).
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