Ubuntu Manpage: atBindVersion, atBindSet, atBindCache, atBindNoMsg, atScanBinding, atBindTrace, atBindExpandMacro,

NAME

       atBindVersion,   atBindSet,  atBindCache,  atBindNoMsg,  atScanBinding,  atBindTrace,  atBindExpandMacro,
       atBindOptions, atBindModeOption, atBindSetArgv, atBindUsage - version binding

SYNOPSIS

       #include <atfs.h>
       #include <atfstk.h>

       Af_key*atBindVersion (char *name, *binding);

       Af_set*atBindSet (char *pattern, char *binding, int bindMode);

       Af_set*atBindCache (char *pattern, *binding);

       int  atBindNoMsg;

       int  atScanBinding (char *binding, char **resultStr, int *resultGen, int *resultRev, time_t *resultDate);

       int  atBindTrace;

       char *(*atBindExpandMacro)(char *inputString);

       int  atBindOptions (int argc, char **argv, int newArgc, char *(*newArgv[]));

       int  atBindModeOption;

       int  atBindSetArgv (int *argc, char *(*argv[]));

       void atBindUsage (char *extraText);

DESCRIPTION

atBindVersion performs a version binding, that means, it selects a unique version from a named history.
It expects name to be either a string of the form historyName[binding] or a plain name. With a version
bind directive (binding) given in brackets after the history name, the second argument is ignored.
Otherwise the second argument is taken as version bind directive. With no binding given, atBindVersion
performs the default binding. This may be explicitly defined by afBindOptions (see below), or it selects
the most recent (modification/saving date) version. See below a list of different forms of version bind
directives. atBindVersion returns the appropriate version key, if the bind operation leads to a unique
version selection, otherwise NULL.

atBindSet works similar to atBindVersion, with the difference that the first argument may be a name
pattern (a sh(1) pattern to be precise) instead of a unique file name. It uses the af_histories (manual
page af_history(3)) call, to generate a list of history names from the given pattern. After that, it
performs a version binding for each name with a version bind directive given either in square brackets or
as binding argument (see above). atBindSet returns a set of version keys containing all found versions,
or a NULL pointer if something went wrong.

Another option of atBindSet is nonunique version selection within a history. In this case, multiple
versions from one history may be included in the result set. In detail atBindSet supports four options:

AT_BIND_UNIQUE
Behave like atBindVersion for each name generated from pattern. Generates no error
condition in case of nonunique or empty selection.

AT_BIND_SET (default) Do not require uniqueness. If more than one version from a history meets the
binding specifications, all these versions will be included in the result set.

AT_BIND_LAST Selects the last (modification/saving date) version from the binding hit set of each
history. The resulting hit set contains at most one version of each history involved in the
bind operation.

AT_BIND_LASTSAVED
Similar to AT_BIND_LAST but ignores busy versions.

atBindCache tries to bind versions from the derived object cache. It expects a pattern and binding
argument similar to atBindSet.

The atBindNoMsg switch allows the output of version binding rules, generated by predicates like 'msg` or
'confirm`, to be suppressed. This can be done by setting atBindNoMsg TRUE. Initially, it is set FALSE.
When evaluating a 'confirm` predicate, where user input is expected, with atBindNoMsg set true, the
version binding algorithm proceeds without halting as if the user had accepted the default input.

atScanBinding scans the version bind directive binding. It returns the binding type, which is one of

AT_BIND_ALIAS
A version alias (symbolic name). Example foo[release-2]. The alias name returned in
resultStr resides in allocated memory.

AT_BIND_CACHEKEY
A unique identifier for cached objects. This is automatically generated for each cached
object and consists of three numbers (like foo.o[739564427.16390.22]).

AT_BIND_DATE A date specification. (see stMktime (manual pape sttime(3)) for a list of valid date
formats) Examples: foo[Jan 8, 1993], foo[8.1.93]. The date is returned in resultDate.

AT_BIND_DEFAULT
Default binding. This is the case when either an empty binding was given or something like
foo[].

AT_BIND_RULE Version bind Rule. Example foo[bind_rule:]. A rule may also have the form
foo[bind_rule(arg1,arg2,...argN):] additionally passing the given arguments to bind rule
evaluation. The rule name returned in resultStr resides in allocated memory.

AT_BIND_VNUM Version number. Example foo[1.2]. The resulting generation and revision number are returned
in resultGen and resultRev.

One important issue is, that each version alias will also be tried as rule name, if it turns out to be no
known symbolic name. This implies that rule names may also be given without the trailing colon, when
there are no naming conflicts with version aliases.

The atBindTrace switch enables tracing of each version bind operation when set TRUE. Trace output is sent
to standard error. Initially, its value is FALSE.

The atBind module provides a hook for an external macro processor to preprocess any version bind rule
just before applying it. The bind rule text may contain macro citations of the form $C or $(macroName)
(like in Make-/Shapefiles) to be expanded by the external macro processor. This should expect any string
containing macro citations as input and return a string with expanded macros. When assigned to the
function variable atBindExpandMacro, the macro expansion routine will be invoked for each evaluated rule.

atBindOptions calls stParseArgs (manual page atparseargs(3)) with an internally defined standard option
vector for command line version binding options. The vbind(1) manual page contains a description of these
options. atBindOption should be called before parsing the application specific options It fetches the
version binding options off the command line (input arguments argc and argv) and returns all remaining
tokens (output arguments newArgc and newArgv). Return value is the number of erroneous options (e.g. with
argument missing) found. A negative return value indicates an internal error, zero is returned un
success.

atBindOptions defines the default version selection policy as given on the command line for the whole
application. Each subsequent call of atBindVersion and atBindSet (see above) will conform to this policy
unless an explicit version bind directive is given.

atBindSetArgv preprocesses a command line (arguments argc and argv) by evaluating and fetching off
version binding options and replacing all filename arguments by bound filenames (e.g. foo[1.4]). It
returns the number of arguments remaining on the command line.

atBindUsage calls stShortUsage (manual page atparseargs(3)) with the current program name, the bind
standard options vector, and the given extraText. Result is a short usage description written to standard
error.

DIAGNOSTICS

       Upon  error,  the  version  binding  functions  (atBindVersion,  atBindSet and atBindCache) return a null
       pointer. atScanBinding has no error conditions. atBindOptions and atBindSetArgv return -1 on error and  a
       value  greater  or equal null on success.  On any error, the variable atBindError is set true (non-zero),
       and an explaining message is copied to the atBindErrorMsg string  buffer.  The  atBindError  variable  is
       cleared upon successfull calls, the message buffer remains unchanged.

FILES

       $SHAPETOOLS/BindRules

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