NAME

       sttk_intro - introduction to the ShapeTools Toolkit Library

SYNOPSIS

       #include <config.h>
       #include <sttk.h>

       char* stVersion (void);

DESCRIPTION

       The ShapeTools Toolkit library (sttk) is a set of functions to be used in various parts of
       the ShapeTools configuration management toolkit.

       Inclusion of config.h may be omitted when atfs.h is included.

       stVersion returns a version identification string for the ShapeTools Toolkit library.

LIST OF FUNCTIONS AND VARIABLES

       Name          Appears on PageDescription

       stAbortThis   sttransaction.3abort transaction
       stAskConfirm  stuserio.3    ask user for confirmation
       stCallCmd     stcall.3      call command
       stCallCmdErrno              stcall.3error code returned by command (variable)
       stCallEditor  stcall.3      call editor with default contents
       stCatchSigs   stsignal.3    catch signals
       stCleanup     stsignal.3    do cleanup (remove temporary files etc.)
       stConvertPattern            ststring.3convert sh(1) pattern to regex pattern
       stExit        stsignal.3    stop program execution
       stFindProgram stcall.3      check if file exists and is executable
       stGetFromStdin              stuserio.3read text from standard input
       stGetTermWidth              stuserio.3get current terminal width in columns
       stInterruptAction           stsignal.3address of signal handler for SIGINT (variable)
       stLog         stuserio.3    print message
       stMessage     stuserio.3    buffer for constructing messages (variable)
       stMktime      sttime.3      parse time string
       stParseArgs   stparseargs.3 parse command line arguments
       stProgramName stuserio.3    name how program was called
       stQuietFlag   stuserio.3    suppress normal messages (no error messages) (variable)
       stQuitAction  stsignal.3    address of signal handler for SIGQUIT (variable)
       stRegisterFile              sttmpfiles.3register file
       stRmRegisteredFiles         sttmpfiles.3remove all registered files
       stShortUsage  stparseargs.3 print usage string
       stShutupFlag  stuserio.3    supress all messages (variable)
       stStrEnter    ststring.3    enter string to string table
       stStrtok      ststring.3    tokenize string
       stSubstituteString          ststring.3replace parts of a string by new string
       stTermAction  stsignal.3    address of signal handler for SIGTERM (variable)
       stThisTransaction           sttransaction.3current transaction (variable)
       stTmpFile     sttmpfiles.3  return unique name for temporary file
       stUnRegisterFile            sttmpfiles.3unregister file
       stVersion     sttkintro.3   print version identification string
       stWriteTime   sttime.3      generate time string

SEE ALSO

       Andreas Lampen and Axel Mahler (Eds.)
       ShapeTools, Technical Report No. 92-14, Technische Universität Berlin, May 1992