kfile_ispermanent - khoros transport has permanence
LIBRARY CALL
unsigned long int kfile_ispermanent(
kfile *file)
INPUT
file - the khoros transport to test whether the
transport has data permanence.
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.