BOOTSTRAP (kutils) functions


LIBRARY ROUTINE

kfile_ispermanent - khoros transport has permanence

LIBRARY CALL

unsigned long int kfile_ispermanent(
  kfile *file)

INPUT

OUTPUT

none

RETURN VALUE

TRUE (1) on success, FALSE (0) otherwise

DESCRIPTION

Whether a khoros transport has data permanence. If a transport has permanence then the data can be accessed multiple times. In the case of files, shared memory, memory mapped files, these transports have permanence. Where as for pipes and sockets the data can only be accessed (read or written) to once.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

none

EXAMPLES

none

SIDE EFFECTS

none

RESTRICTIONS

none

MODIFICATION

none

FILES

$BOOTSTRAP/include/kutils/kfile.h

SEE ALSO

kutils(3)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1993 - 1997, Khoral Research, Inc. ("KRI") All rights reserved.