tt_spec_move(3)

NAME
     tt_spec_move - notify the ToolTalk service that an object has moved to a
     different file

SYNOPSIS
     #include <Tt/tt_c.h>
     char *tt_spec_move(const char *objid,
                        const char *newfilepath);

DESCRIPTION
     The tt_spec_move() function notifies the ToolTalk service that this
     object has moved to a different file.

     The ToolTalk service returns a new objid for the object and leaves a
     forwarding pointer from the old objid to the new one.

     If a new objid is not required (for example, because the new and old
     files are in the same file system), tt_spec_move() returns
     TT_WRN_SAME_OBJID.

     The objid argument is the identifier of the object involved in this
     operation.

     The newfilepath argument is the new file name.

RETURN VALUE
     Upon successful completion, the tt_spec_move() function returns the new
     unique identifier of the object involved in this operation.  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.
        TT_ERR_PATH
                The specified pathname included an unsearchable directory.

        TT_WRN_SAME_OBJID
                A new objid is not required.

APPLICATION USAGE
     The application should use tt_free(3) to free any data stored in the
     address returned by the ToolTalk API.

     For efficiency and reliability, the application should replace any
     references in the application to the old objid with references to the new
     one.

SEE ALSO
     Tttt_c(5), tt_ptr_error(3), tt_free(3).