NAME

       FunInfoPut - put information into a Funtools struct

SYNOPSIS

         #include <funtools.h>

         int FunInfoPut(Fun fun, int type, char *addr, ...)

DESCRIPTION

       The FunInfoPut() routine puts information into a Funtools structure.  The first argument
       is the Fun handle from which information is to be retrieved.  After this first required
       argument comes a variable length list of pairs of arguments. Each pair consists of an
       integer representing the type of information to store and the address of the new
       information to store in the struct. The variable list is terminated by a 0.  The routine
       returns the number of put actions performed.

       The full list of available information is described above with the FunInfoPut() routine.
       Although use of this routine is expected to be uncommon, there is one important situation
       in which it plays an essential part: writing multiple extensions to a single output file.

       For input, multiple extensions are handled by calling FunOpen() for each extension to be
       processed. When opening multiple inputs, it sometimes is the case that you will want to
       process them and then write them (including their header parameters) to a single output
       file.  To accomplish this, you open successive input extensions using FunOpen() and then
       call FunInfoPut() to set the Funtools reference handle of the output file to that of the
       newly opened input extension:

         /* open a new input extension */
         ifun=FunOpen(tbuf, "r", NULL)) )
         /* make the new extension the reference handle for the output file */
         FunInfoPut(ofun, FUN_IFUN, &ifun, 0);

       Resetting FUN_IFUN has same effect as when a funtools handle is passed as the final
       argument to FunOpen().  The state of the output file is reset so that a new extension is
       ready to be written.  Thus, the next I/O call on the output extension will output the
       header, as expected.

       For example, in a binary table, after resetting FUN_IFUN you can then call
       FunColumnSelect() to select the columns for output. When you then call FunImagePut() or <A
       HREF="./library.html#funtablerowput">FunTableRowPut(), a new extension will be written
       that contains the header parameters from the reference extension. Remember to call
       FunFlush() to complete output of a given extension.

       A complete example of this capability is given in the evcol example code.  The central
       algorithm is:

       •   open the output file without a reference handle

       •   loop: open each input extension in turn

           •   set the reference handle for output to the newly opened input extension

           •   read the input rows or image and perform processing

           •   write new rows or image to the output file

           •   flush the output

           •   close input extension

       •   close output file

       Note that FunFlush() is called after processing each input extension in order to ensure
       that the proper padding is written to the output file.  A call to FunFlush() also ensures
       that the extension header is written to the output file in the case where there are no
       rows to output.

       If you wish to output a new extension without using a Funtools reference handle, you can
       call FunInfoPut() to reset the FUN_OPS value directly.  For a binary table, you would then
       call FunColumnSelect() to set up the columns for this new extension.

         /* reset the operations performed on this handle */
         int ops=0;
         FunInfoPut(ofun, FUN_OPS, &ops, 0);
         FunColumnSelect(fun, sizeof(EvRec), NULL,
                         "MYCOL", "J", "w", FUN_OFFSET(Ev, mycol),
                         NULL);

       Once the FUN_OPS variable has been reset, the next I/O call on the output extension will
       output the header, as expected.

SEE ALSO

       See funtools(7) for a list of Funtools help pages