DtDtsDataTypeToAttributeList(library call)								DtDtsDataTypeToAttributeList(library call)

NAME

       DtDtsDataTypeToAttributeList -- get a list of attributes for a data type

SYNOPSIS

       #include <Dt/Dts.h>
       DtDtsAttribute **DtDtsDataTypeToAttributeList(
       const char *datatype,
       const char *opt_name);

DESCRIPTION

       The DtDtsDataTypeToAttributeList function returns a list of attributes for a data type.

       The datatype argument is a pointer to a data type name string.

       The  opt_name argument can be used to specify a name to be associated with the data type.  If the opt_name argument is not NULL, it is used
       as a pseudo file name in typing; otherwise, certain attributes may be returned as NULL because the filename components could not be  deter-
       mined.

RETURN VALUE

       Upon  successful  completion,  the DtDtsDataTypeToAttributeList function returns a NULL-terminated array of pointers of *DtDtsAttribute, or
       NULL if no value could be determined.

APPLICATION USAGE

       The application should use the DtDtsFreeAttributeList(3) function to release the memory for the returned value.

       The opt_name argument is useful when the attribute being returned contains a modifier string that depends on having a file  name  included.
       For example, if the INSTANCE_ICON attribute had the value %name%.icon, opt_name would be used to derive the %name% portion of the attribute
       value.  See dtdtsfile(4).

SEE ALSO

       Dt/Dts.h, DtDtsLoadDataTypes(3), DtDtsFreeAttributeList(3).

													DtDtsDataTypeToAttributeList(library call)