Index (ToolTalk User's Guide)

ToolTalk User's Guide


Numbers and Symbols

	$OPENWINHOME/li ( )

	$OPENWINHOME/lib/openwin-sys ( )


A

	accessing ToolTalk data from machines not running a ToolTalk database server ( )

	accessing ToolTalk databases ( )

	adding a message pattern callback ( )

	adding callbacks to static patterns ( )

	adding files to scoped patterns ( )

	adding inter-operability functionality ( )

	adding ToolTalk code ( )
		Xedit files ( )
		Xfontsel files ( )

	adding values to spec properties ( )

	address attribute ( )

	address attributes ( )

	addressing, otype ( )

	addressing messages, methods of ( )

	algorithm
		object-oriented message delivery ( )
		process-oriented message delivery ( )

	allocating storage space ( )

	allocation stack ( )

	alt.soft-sys.tooltalk ( )

	API header file, including in program ( )

	application programming interface (API) ( )

	application types, installing ( )

	architecture ( )

	arg_add call ( )

	args attribute ( )

	assigning otype, for specs ( )

	attributes
		address ( ) ( )
		arg ( )
		class ( )
		op ( )
		scope ( ) ( )
		setting ( )

	attributes, of message patterns ( )


B

	background jobs ( )

	barg_add call ( )

	batch sessions ( )

	broken references ( )


C

	C2 qualification ( )

	callback routines ( )
		invoking ( )

	callback routines, adding to message patterns ( )

	callbacks, attached to static patterns ( )

	callbacks, for handlers ( )

	calls provided to manage information storage ( )

	CASE Interoperability Message Sets ( )

	CEPATH ( )

	changing ToolTalk-enhanced shell commands ( )

	checking ToolTalk databases ( )

	checking ToolTalk error status ( )

	class attribute ( )

	close function ( )

	communication process ( )

	comparing objids ( )

	components of the ToolTalk service ( )

	computational loops ( )

	connecting processes to the same session ( )

	context arguments ( )

	context slots, used to create environment variables ( )

	contextdcl ( ) ( )

	contexts, defined ( )

	contexts, to restrict matching ( )

	convert ToolTalk type data ( )

	converting ToolTalk types, script for ( )

	cp command ( )

	cpp command ( )

	creating a ptype file ( )

	creating dynamic message patterns ( )

	creating general messages ( )

	creating messages ( )

	creating object-oriented messages ( )

	creating otype files ( )

	creating process-oriented messages ( )

	creating specs ( )


D

	database
		check and recovery tool ( )
		records ( )

	database server
		installing ToolTalk ( )
		process ( )
		redirecting ( )
		redirecting file system partitions ( )
		redirecting host machines ( )

	database server redirection files ( )

	database utility ttdbck ( )

	databases
		accessing ToolTalk ( )
		check and repair utility, ttdbck ( )
		displaying, checking, and repairing of ToolTalk ( )
		maintaining ToolTalk ( )

	debugging, with ttsnoop ( )

	default session
		joining ( )
		quitting ( )

	delete message ( )

	deleting message patterns
		message patterns
			deleting ( )

	deleting messages ( )

	demonstration ( )

	demostration programs
		edit_demo ( ) ( )
		ttsample1 ( )

	des ( )

	deserializing structured data ( )

	Desktop Services, Started ( )

	Desktop Services Message Set ( )

	destroying message patterns automatically ( )

	destroying messages ( )

	destroying specs ( )

	determinging spec properties ( )

	determining who receive messages ( )

	DISPLAY ( ) ( )

	disposition attributes ( )

	Document and Media Exchange Message Set ( )

	dynamic message patterns ( )
		creating ( )

	dynamic method ( )


E

	edit_demo ( ) ( )

	environment variables ( )
		CEPATH ( )
		created from message contexts ( )
		DISPLAY ( )
		_SUN_TT_ARG_TRACE_WIDTH ( )
		_SUN_TT_FILE ( )
		_SUN_TT_HOSTNAME_MAP ( ) ( )
		_SUN_TT_PARTIITON_MAP ( )
		_SUN_TT_PARTITION_MAP ( )
		_SUN_TT_SESSION ( ) ( ) ( )
		_SUN_TT_TOKEN ( )
		SUN_TTSESSION_CMD ( )
		TMPDIR ( )
		TTPATH ( )

	error handling functions ( )

	error macros ( )

	error propagation ( )

	error status ( )
		checking ( )
		retrieving ( )

	error value ( )

	errors, process type ( )

	/etc/inet/inetd.conf ( )

	event loop ( )

	examining messages ( )

	examining spec information ( )

	examining type information ( )


F

	failed connection, causes of ( )

	failing requests ( )

	features, of the ToolTalk service ( )

	features, of ToolTalk ( )

	file ( )
		ToolTalk concept of ( )

	file-in-session scope ( )

	file information, managing ( )

	file query functions ( )

	file scope ( )

	file-scoped message flow ( )

	file-scoped messages, queued ( )

	file scoping, restrictions ( )

	file scoping, restrictions to ( )

	filename mapping functions ( )

	files
		hostname_map ( )
		maintaining ToolTalk ( )
		managing with object data ( )
		object type ( )
		partition_map ( )
		XDR format ( )

	files of interest
		joining ( )
		quitting ( )

	filter routines ( )

	free storage space ( )

	freeing allocated storage space ( )

	functions, tt_message_user ( )

	functions with natural return values ( )

	functions without natural return values ( )


H

	handling replies easily ( )

	handling requests ( ) ( )

	header file ( )

	help on how to invoke ttsession ( )

	hostname_map file ( )

	hostname qualification of pathnames, explicit ( )

	how applications use ToolTalk messages ( )

	how the ToolTalk technology works ( )


I

	iarg_add call ( )

	identifying data in existing files ( )

	identifying messages easily ( )

	information provided by the ToolTalk service ( )

	information provided to the ToolTalk service ( )

	informing sender of failed request ( )

	initial session ( )

	initializing your process ( )

	installing application types ( )

	installing the ToolTalk database server
		from a remote machine ( )
		from the Solaris distribution cd ( )

	installing theToolTalk database server ( )

	installing type information ( )

	invoking callback routines ( )


J

	joining default sessions ( )

	joining files of interest ( )

	joining multiple sessions ( )


K

	kill command ( )


L

	LD_LIBRARY_PATH ( )

	li ( )

	libtt ( ) ( ) ( )

	libtt.a ( )

	libtt.s ( )

	libtt.so ( )

	load balancing ( )


M

	maintaining specs ( )

	maintaining ToolTalk files and databases ( )

	managing files that contain object data ( )

	managing object and file information ( )

	manually starting a session ( )

	mapping functions, filename ( )

	marking information for storage ( )

	marking the ToolTalk API stack ( )

	merging compiled ToolTalk type files into running ttsession ( )

	merging type information ( )

	message, delete ( )

	message attributes ( )

	message attributes, comparing to pattern attributes ( )

	message callback ( )

	message callbacks ( )

	message callbacks, adding ( )

	message delivery
		object-oriented algorithm ( )
		process-oriented algorithm ( )

	message paterns, unregistering ( )

	message pattern attributes ( )

	message patterns ( ) ( )
		adding callbacks to ( )
		automatically unregistering and destroying ( )
		minimum specifications ( )
		static ( )
		updating ( )

	message protocol ( )

	message_status_string ( )

	messages
		completing ( )
		creating ( )
		creating general-purpose ( )
		deleting ( )
		determining recipients of ( )
		examining ( )
		handling ( )
		identifying and processing easily ( )
		methods of addressing ( )
		object-oriented ( )
		observing ( )
		process-oriented ( )
		receiving ( )
		sending ( ) ( )

	messages, retrieving ( )

	MIT X ( )

	modifying applications ( )
		xedit ( )
		xfontsel ( )

	modifying applications to send messages ( )

	modifying makefile ( )

	modifying your application to use the ToolTalk service ( )

	moving objects between file systems ( )

	moving objects between files ( )

	multi-threaded environment ( )

	multiple processes ( )

	multiple sessions, storing session ids of sessions ( )

	multiple sessions, joining ( )

	mv command ( ) ( )


N

	network types database, converting ( )

	networked envirnoments ( )

	news group, ToolTalk ( )

	notice ( )

	notifying processes if tool exits unexpectedly ( )


O

	object content ( )

	object data ( )

	object information, managing ( )

	object-oriented message delivery ( )

	object-oriented messages ( ) ( )
		creating ( )

	object specification (spec) ( )

	object type (otype) ( )

	objects
		moving between file systems ( )
		moving between files ( )
		ToolTalk ( )

	objects, ToolTalk ( )

	objid
		comparing ( )
		obtaining ( )
		obtaining new ( )
		retrieving new ( )

	obtaining new objid ( )

	obtaining objid ( )

	OMG-compliant systems ( ) ( )

	op attribute ( )

	otype, assigning for specs ( )

	otype addressing ( )

	otype file ( )

	otype files
		creating ( )
		header information ( )
		signature information ( )

	otype files, installing ( )

	otype signature ( )

	otypes, examining information ( )


P

	partition_map file ( )

	pattern argument ( )

	pattern attributes, comparing to message attributes ( )

	pattern callback ( )

	pattern callbacks ( )

	point-to-point (PTP) message passing feature ( )

	point-to-point messages ( )

	pointers, to API objects ( )

	process
		communication ( )
		database server ( )

	process identifier (procid) ( )

	process-oriented message delivery ( )

	process-oriented messages ( )
		creating ( )

	process type, declaring ( )

	process type (ptype) ( )

	process type errors ( )

	processing messages easily ( )

	procid ( ) ( )
		closing default ( )
		setting default ( )

	Project DOE ( )

	ps command ( )

	ptype ( )

	ptype, installing ( )

	ptype file, creating ( )

	ptype files
		creating ( )
		property information ( )
		registering ( )
		registering with ToolTalk ( )
		signature information ( )
		unregistering with ToolTalk ( )

	ptype files, installing ( )

	ptype signature ( )

	ptypes, check for existing ( )

	ptypes, examining information ( )

	ptypes, multiple ( )

	ptypes, undeclaring ( )


Q

	quitting default session ( )

	quitting files of interest ( )


R

	read in the types from database ( )

	read-only file systems ( )

	read-only files, creating objects of pieces of ( )

	reading
		hostname_map files ( )
		partition_map files ( )

	reading ToolTalk data from read-only file system partitions ( )

	realpath ( )

	receiving ToolTalk messages ( )

	recipients ( )

	recognizing replies easily ( )

	records database ( )

	redirecting file system partitions ( )

	redirecting host machines ( )

	redirecting the ToolTalk database server ( )

	register file scope patterns ( )

	registering
		in a specified session ( )
		in the initial session ( )
		with the ToolTalk service ( )

	registering in multiple sessions ( )

	registering ptypes ( )

	rejecting requests ( )

	removing type information ( )

	repairing ToolTalk databases ( )

	replies, recognizing and handling easily ( )

	replying to requests ( )

	request ( )

	requests
		failing ( )
		handling ( ) ( )
		informing sender of failed ( )
		rejecting ( )
		replying to ( )

	reread types file ( )

	rereading type information ( )

	retrieving new obji ( )

	retrieving new objid ( )

	retrieving ToolTalk error status ( )

	return value
		natural ( )
		no natural ( )

	returned integer, status ( )

	returned pointer, status ( )

	returned value, status ( )

	reverting to previous versions of the ToolTalk database ( )

	rm command ( ) ( )

	routines
		callback ( )
		filter ( )

	rpc.ttdbserverd ( ) ( ) ( )

	running the new ToolTalk database server ( )

	runtime stack ( )


S

	same process, sending and receiving messages in ( )

	scenarios illustrating the ToolTalk service in use ( )

	scope, to union of TT_FILE_IN_SESSION and TT_SESSION ( )

	scope attribute ( )

	scope attributes ( )
		file ( )
		file-in-session ( )
		session ( )

	scopes, that use files ( )

	scopes, types of ( )

	scoping messages to every client with registered interest ( )

	scoping to file in session ( )

	scoping to file only ( )

	scoping to files and sessions ( )

	scoping to session only ( )

	senders ( )

	sending messages ( )
		modifying applications ( )

	sending notices ( )

	sending requests ( )

	sending ToolTalk messages ( )

	serializing structured data ( )

	server authentication level ( )

	session, ToolTalk concept of ( )

	session identifier (sessid) ( )

	session identifiers, multiple for one session ( )

	session scope ( )

	session-scoped message flow ( )

	session-scoped messages, queued ( )

	sessions bound to a character terminal ( )

	tt_message_user() function ( )

	setting attributes ( )

	setting up to receive messages ( )

	share/include/desktop ( )

	shell commands
		standard
			cp ( )
			mv ( ) ( )
			rm ( ) ( )
		ToolTalk-enhanced ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
			changing ( )
			ttmv ( )

	shell commands, ToolTalk-enhanced
		ttcp ( ) ( )
		ttmv ( ) ( )
		ttrm ( ) ( )
		ttrmdir ( ) ( )
		tttar ( ) ( )

	shell scripts, ttrsh ( )

	signals, to which ttsession responds ( )

	signatures
		otype ( )
		ptype ( )

	SIGUSR1 signal ( )

	SIGUSR2 signal ( )

	silent operation ( )

	spec ( )

	spec, destroying an object ( )

	specs
		adding values to properties ( )
		assigning otype ( )
		creating ( )
		destroying ( )
		determining properties ( )
		examining information ( )
		maintaining ( )
		moving objects ( )
		querying for objects ( )
		storing properties ( )
		updating ( )
		updating existing properties ( )
		writing into ToolTalk database ( )

	start a process tree session ( )

	start process tree sessions ( )

	starting a session manually ( )

	starting a ToolTalk session ( )

	starting programs on remote hosts ( )

	state change messages ( )

	static message patterns ( )

	static method ( )

	static patterns
		adding callbacks ( )
		attaching callbacks ( )

	storing
		hostname_map files ( )
		partition_map files ( )

	storing spec properties ( )

	_SUN_TT_ARG_TRACE_WIDTH ( )

	_SUN_TT_FILE ( )

	_SUN_TT_HOSTNAME_MAP ( ) ( )

	_SUN_TT_PARTITION_MAP ( ) ( )

	SUN_TT_SESSION ( ) ( )

	_SUN_TT_SESSION ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

	_sun_tt_token ( )

	_SUN_TT_TOKEN ( ) ( )

	SUN_TTSESSION_CMD ( )

	switching between multiple sessions ( )

	system types database, converting ( )


T

	-t option, of ttsnoop ( )

	-t option ( )

	TMPDIR environment variable ( )

	ToolTalk database server
		reverting to previous versions ( )
		running new ( )

	ToolTalk-enhanced shell commands ( )

	ToolTalk message sets
		Desktop ( )
		Document and Media Exchange ( )

	ToolTalk messages ( )

	ToolTalk object ( )

	ToolTalk service ( )

	ToolTalk type compiler tt_type_comp ( )

	ToolTalk types databases, moving ( )

	trace mode ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

	trace mode, toggling ( )

	TT_BOTH ( )

	tt_c.h ( )

	TT_CALLBACK_CONTINUE ( )

	TT_CALLBACK_PROCESSED ( )

	tt_close ( ) ( ) ( )

	tt_default_file ( )

	tt_default_session_set ( ) ( ) ( )

	tt_fd ( ) ( )

	TT_FILE ( )

	TT_FILE_IN_SESSION ( )

	tt_file_join ( )

	tt_file_objects_query ( ) ( )

	tt_file_quit ( )

	TT_HANDLED ( )

	tt_int_error ( )

	tt_is_err ( ) ( )

	tt_message__set ( )

	tt_message_accept ( ) ( )

	tt_message_callback_add ( ) ( ) ( )

	tt_message_create ( )

	tt_message_destroy ( ) ( ) ( )

	tt_message_fail ( ) ( )

	tt_message_file ( ) ( )

	tt_message_file attribute ( )

	tt_message_file_set ( )

	tt_message_object ( ) ( )

	tt_message_receive ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

	tt_message_reject ( ) ( ) ( )

	tt_message_send ( )

	tt_message_send_on_exit ( )

	tt_message_status_set ( )

	tt_message_status_string_set ( )

	tt_message_user call ( )

	tt_message_user_set ( )

	tt_objid_equal ( )

	tt_onotice_create ( )

	tt_open ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

	tt_orequest_create ( )

	tt_pattern_add ( )

	tt_pattern_callback_add ( ) ( )

	tt_pattern_create ( )

	tt_pattern_destroy ( )

	tt_pattern_register ( )

	tt_pattern_set ( )

	tt_pattern_unregister ( ) ( ) ( )

	tt_pnotice_create ( )

	tt_pointer_error ( )

	tt_prequest_create ( )

	tt_ptype_declare ( )

	tt_ptype_undeclare ( ) ( )

	TT_SESSION ( )

	tt_session_join ( )

	tt_session_quit ( )

	tt_spec_bprop ( )

	tt_spec_create ( )

	tt_spec_destroy ( )

	tt_spec_file ( )

	tt_spec_move ( )

	tt_spec_prop ( )

	tt_spec_prop_add ( ) ( )

	tt_spec_prop_set ( ) ( )

	tt_spec_type ( )

	tt_spec_type_set ( )

	tt_spec_write ( )

	Tt_status ( )

	tt_status_message ( )

	tt_type_comp ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

	TT_WRN_STALE_OBJID ( )

	TT_WRN_START_MESSAGE ( ) ( )

	ttce2xdr ( )

	ttce2xdr script ( )

	ttcp ( ) ( ) ( )

	ttdbck ( ) ( )

	ttdbck utility ( )

	ttmv ( ) ( ) ( )

	ttmv command ( ) ( )

	TTPATH ( ) ( )

	ttrm ( ) ( ) ( )

	ttrmdir ( ) ( ) ( )

	ttrsh shell script ( )

	ttsample1 ( )

	ttsession ( ) ( ) ( )

	ttsession parameters ( )

	ttsnoop, debugging with ( )

	ttsnoop utility ( )

	tttar ( ) ( ) ( )

	type compiler ( )

	type compiler tt_type_comp ( )

	type information
		examining ( )
		examining all types ( )
		installing ( )
		merging ( )
		removing ( )

	types file, rereading ( )

	types of scopes ( )


U

	unix ( )

	unregistering a message pattern ( )

	unregistering message patterns automatically ( )

	update existing spec properties ( )

	updating existing specs ( )

	updating message patterns ( )

	updating the ToolTalk service ( )

	user data cells ( )

	user type database, converting ( )

	USR1 signal ( )

	/usr/openwin/bin ( )


V

	-v option ( )

	version number ( )

	version string ( )


W

	wildcarding patterns ( )

	writing specs, into ToolTalk database ( )

	writing ToolTalk data to read-only file system partitions ( )


X

	X Window System, establishing a session under ( )

	xauth ( )

	XDR format file ( )

	Xedit ( )

	Xfontsel ( )

	XtAppAddInput call ( )