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tt_file_netfile(3)
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NAME
  tt_file_netfile - map between local and canonical pathnames on the local
  host

SYNOPSIS
  #include <Tt/tt_c.h>
  char *tt_file_netfile(const char *filename);

DESCRIPTION
  The tt_file_netfile function converts a local pathname to a netfilename, a
  form that can be passed to other hosts on the network and converted back to
  a local pathname for the same file with tt_netfile_file3.

  The filename argument is a pathname (absolute or relative) that is valid on
  the local host.  Every component of filename must exist, except that the
  last component need not exist.

RETURN VALUE
  Upon successful completion, the tt_file_netfile function returns a freshly
  allocated null-terminated string of unspecified format, which can be passed
  to tt_netfile_file3 or tt_host_netfile_file3; otherwise, it returns an
  error pointer.  The application can use tt_ptr_error3 to extract one of the
  following Tt_status values from the returned pointer:
  The filename argument is a path that is not valid on this host.

APPLICATION USAGE
  The tt_file_netfile3, tt_netfile_file3, tt_host_file_netfile3 and
  tt_host_netfile_file3 functions allow an application to determine a path
  valid on remote hosts, perhaps for purposes of constructing a command
  string valid for remote execution on that host.  By composing the two
  calls, paths for files not accessible from the current host can be
  constructed.	For example, if path /sample/file is valid on host A, a
  program running on host B can use

       tt_host_netfile_file("C", tt_host_file_netfile("A", "/sample/file"))

  to determine a path to the same file valid on host C, if such a path is
  possible.

  The netfile string returned by tt_file_netfile should be considered opaque;
  the content and format of the strings are not a public interface.  These
  strings can be safely copied (with strcpy3C or similar methods), written to
  files, or transmitted to other processes, perhaps on other hosts.

  Allocated strings should be freed using either tt_free3 or tt_release3.


  The tt_open3 function need not be called before tt_file_netfile.

SEE ALSO
  Tt/tt_c.h5, tt_netfile_file3, tt_host_file_netfile3, tt_host_netfile_file3,
  tt_open3, tt_free3, tt_release3.