x11r4 man page for getphins

GETPHINS(3)						      MBK PHYSICAL FUNCTIONS						       GETPHINS(3)

NAME
       getphins - retrieve a physical instance

ORIGIN
       This  software  belongs	to  the  ALLIANCE CAD SYSTEM developed by the ASIM team at LIP6 laboratory of Universite Pierre et Marie CURIE, in
       Paris, France.

       Web : http://asim.lip6.fr/recherche/alliance/
       E-mail : alliance-users@asim.lip6.fr

SYNOPSYS
       #include "mph.h"
       phins_list *getphins(ptfig, insname)
       phfig_list *ptfig;
       char *insname;

PARAMETERS
       ptfig		   Pointer to the figure in which the instance should be seeked

       insname		   Name of the instance

DESCRIPTION
       getphins looks in the list of instances of the physical model pointed to by ptfig for a instance identified by its insname.

RETURN VALUE
       getphins returns a pointer to the instance that matches the insname.

ERROR
       "*** mbk error *** illegal getphins instance insname doesn't exist in figure ptfig->NAME"
	      No instance is called insname in the figure.

EXAMPLE
       #include "mph.h"
       phins_list *exist(figname, insname)
       char *figname, *insname;
       {
	  return getphins(getphfig(figname), insname);
       }

SEE ALSO
       mbk(1), phfig(3), phins(3), addphins(3), delphins(3).

BUG REPORT
       This tool is under development at the ASIM department of the LIP6 laboratory.
       We need your feedback to improve documentation and tools.

ASIM
/LIP6							  October 1, 1997						       GETPHINS(3)