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sdp_clone_session

sdp_clone_session(3COMMPUTIL)		     Communication Protocol Parser Utilities Library Functions		     sdp_clone_session(3COMMPUTIL)

NAME

       sdp_clone_session - clone an SDP session structure

SYNOPSIS

       cc [ flag...] file... -lcommputil [ library...]
       #include <sdp.h>

       sdp_session_t *sdp_clone_session(const sdp_session_t *session);

DESCRIPTION

       The  sdp_clone_session()  function  clones the input SDP session structure and returns the cloned structure. The resulting cloned structure
       has all the SDP fields from the input structure. The caller is responsible for freeing the returned cloned  structure  using  sdp_free_ses-
       sion(), described on the sdp_free_session(3COMMPUTIL) manual page.

RETURN VALUES

       The sdp_clone_session() function returns the cloned structure on success and NULL on failure.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Committed 		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Safe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       libcommputil(3LIB), sdp_free_session(3COMMPUTIL), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11							    12 Oct 2007 				     sdp_clone_session(3COMMPUTIL)