tt_pattern_category - return the category value of a pattern
#include <Tt/tt_c.h> Tt_category tt_pattern_category(Tt_pattern p);
tt_pattern_category(3) ToolTalk Functions tt_pattern_category(3) NAME tt_pattern_category - return the category value of a pattern SYNOPSIS #include <Tt/tt_c.h> Tt_category tt_pattern_category(Tt_pattern p); DESCRIPTION The tt_pattern_category() function returns the category value of the specified pattern. The p argument is the opaque handle for a message pattern. RETURN VALUE Upon successful completion, the tt_pattern_category() function returns a value that indicates whether the receiving process will observe or handle messages. The tt_pattern_category() function returns one of the following Tt_status values: TT_OBSERVE The receiving process will observe messages. TT_HANDLE The receiving process will handle messages. The application can use tt_int_error(3) to extract one of the following Tt_status values from the Tt_category integer return value: 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 cor- rect type for this operation. ATTRIBUTES See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes: +---------------+------------------+ |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +---------------+------------------+ |Availability | library/tooltalk | +---------------+------------------+ |Stability | Committed | +---------------+------------------+ SEE ALSO tt_c(5), tt_pattern_category_set(3), tt_int_error(3). ToolTalk 1.3 1 March 1996 tt_pattern_category(3)