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libAF(3)							      libAF(3)

NAME
       libAF  -	 Provide  Attribute  File Library functions to manipulate file
       attributes

SYNOPSIS
       #include <AFdefs.h>

       void AFclose(
	       AFILE_t af ); ATTR_t AFgetatr(
	       ENT_t entry,
	       char *name ); ENT_t AFgetent(
	       AFILE_t af,
	       char *name ); char *AFgetval(
	       ATTR_t attr ); ATTR_t AFnxtatr(
	       ENT_t entry ); ENT_t AFnxtent(
	       AFILE_t af ); AFILE_t AFopen(
	       char *filename,
	       int maxrecsiz,
	       int maxnumatr );

LIBRARY
       Attribute File Library (libAF.a)

       Curses Library (libcurses)

PARAMETERS
       Specifies the attribute file to be closed.  Specifies the  entry	 name.
       Specifies  the  name  of	 an  attribute value.  Specifies the attribute
       value in the attribute list.  Specifies the attribute filename.	Speci‐
       fies the maximum size of a record in bytes.  Specifies the maximum num‐
       ber of attributes per record.  Points to the character name  string  of
       an attribute file structure.

DESCRIPTION
       The  libAF()  functions	are  provided  for programs that use attribute
       files. These functions perform  the  following:	Closes	the  specified
       attribute  file.	  Gets	the  attribute	value  matching	 name from the
       attribute list. Returns a pointer entry to the value  of	 name.	 Finds
       the  first  entry  in  an  attribute file which has the specified name.
       Returns a  pointer  af  to  an  attribute  structure.   Gets  the  next
       attribute  value	 from  the  attribute list for the specified attribute
       value. Returns a pointer attr to the  character	string	of  the	 first
       value  in  the  attribute list.	Gets the next attribute from the entry
       list for the attribute file entry.  Returns a pointer to	 an  attribute
       structure.   Gets  the next entry from an attribute file. Merges in any
       default entry that proceeds it.	Returns	 a  pointer  to	 an  attribute
       structure.   Gets  the next attribute value from the attribute list for
       the current attribute. Returns a pointer to the next  string  value  in
       the  attribute  list.   Opens  the  specified attribute file. Returns a
       pointer to an attribute file structure.	Reads the next entry  from  an
       attribute file. Fills in the current attribute table and buffer.	 Moves
       to the beginning of the specified attribute  file.   Sets  the  default
       entry name for the specified attribute file.

SEE ALSO
       stanza(4)

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