Restore mksysb image on cloned LPAR Post: 302816445

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Mksysb restore problem

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tk_nameofimage

Tk_NameOfImage(3TK)					       Tk Library Procedures					       Tk_NameOfImage(3TK)

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NAME

       Tk_NameOfImage - Return name of image.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <tk.h>

       CONST char *
       Tk_NameOfImage(typePtr)

ARGUMENTS

       Tk_ImageMaster	*masterPtr   (in)      Token for image, which was passed to image manager's createProc when the image was created.
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DESCRIPTION

       This  procedure	is  invoked by image managers to find out the name of an image.  Given the token for the image, it returns the string name
       for the image.

KEYWORDS

       image manager, image name

ATTRIBUTES

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

       +--------------------+-----------------+
       |  ATTRIBUTE TYPE    | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
       +--------------------+-----------------+
       |Availability	    | SUNWTk	      |
       +--------------------+-----------------+
       |Interface Stability | Uncommitted     |
       +--------------------+-----------------+
NOTES

       Source for Tk is available on http://opensolaris.org.

Tk									4.0						       Tk_NameOfImage(3TK)

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