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XLIB FUNCTIONS                           XrmGetFileDatabase(3x11)



NAME
     XrmGetFileDatabase, XrmPutFileDatabase, XrmGetStringData-
     base, XrmLocaleOfDatabase, XrmGetDatabase, XrmSetDatabase,
     XrmDestroyDatabase - retrieve and store resource databases

SYNTAX
     cc [ flag... ] file... -lX11 [ library... ]

     XrmDatabase XrmGetFileDatabase(char *filename);

     void XrmPutFileDatabase(XrmDatabase database, char
          *stored_db);

     XrmDatabase XrmGetStringDatabase(char *data,

     char *XrmLocaleOfDatabase(XrmDatabase database);

     XrmDatabase XrmGetDatabase(Display *display);

     void XrmSetDatabase(Display *display, XrmDatabase database);

     void XrmDestroyDatabase(XrmDatabase database);

ARGUMENTS
     filename  Specifies the resource database file name.

     database  Specifies the database that is to be used.

     stored_db Specifies the file name for the stored database.

     data      Specifies the database contents using a string.

     database  Specifies the resource database.

     display   Specifies the connection to the X server.

DESCRIPTION
     The XrmGetFileDatabase function opens the specified file,
     creates a new resource database, and loads it with the
     specifications read in from the specified file.  The speci-
     fied file should contain a sequence of entries in valid
     ResourceLine format (see section 15.1); the database that
     results from reading a file with incorrect syntax is
     implementation-dependent.  The file is parsed in the current
     locale, and the database is created in the current locale.
     If it cannot open the specified file, XrmGetFileDatabase
     returns NULL.

     The XrmPutFileDatabase function stores a copy of the speci-
     fied database in the specified file.  Text is written to the
     file as a sequence of entries in valid ResourceLine format
     (see section 15.1).  The file is written in the locale of



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     the database.  Entries containing resource names that are
     not in the Host Portable Character Encoding or containing
     values that are not in the encoding of the database locale,
     are written in an implementation-dependent manner.  The
     order in which entries are written is implementation-
     dependent.  Entries with representation types other than
     ``String'' are ignored.

     The XrmGetStringDatabase function creates a new database and
     stores the resources specified in the specified null-
     terminated string.  XrmGetStringDatabase is similar to
     XrmGetFileDatabase except that it reads the information out
     of a string instead of out of a file.  The string should
     contain a sequence of entries in valid ResourceLine format
     (see section 15.1) terminated by a null character; the data-
     base that results from using a string with incorrect syntax
     is implementation-dependent.  The string is parsed in the
     current locale, and the database is created in the current
     locale.

     If database is NULL, XrmDestroyDatabase returns immediately.

     The XrmLocaleOfDatabase function returns the name of the
     locale bound to the specified database, as a null-terminated
     string.  The returned locale name string is owned by Xlib
     and should not be modified or freed by the client.  Xlib is
     not permitted to free the string until the database is des-
     troyed.  Until the string is freed, it will not be modified
     by Xlib.

     The XrmGetDatabase function returns the database associated
     with the specified display.  It returns NULL if a database
     has not yet been set.

     The XrmSetDatabase function associates the specified
     resource database (or NULL) with the specified display.  The
     database previously associated with the display (if any) is
     not destroyed.  A client or toolkit may find this function
     convenient for retaining a database once it is constructed.

FILE SYNTAX
     The syntax of a resource file is a sequence of resource
     lines terminated by newline characters or the end of the
     file.  The syntax of an individual resource line is:

     ResourceLine   =    Comment | IncludeFile | ResourceSpec | 
     Comment   =    "!" {}
     IncludeFile    =    "#" WhiteSpace "include" WhiteSpace FileName WhiteSpace
     FileName  =    
     ResourceSpec   =    WhiteSpace ResourceName WhiteSpace ":" WhiteSpace Value
     ResourceName   =    [Binding] {Component Binding} ComponentName
     Binding   =    "." | "*"



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     WhiteSpace     =    { | }
     Component =    "?" | ComponentName
     ComponentName  =    NameChar {NameChar}
     NameChar  =    "a"-"z" | "A"-"Z" | "0"-"9" | "_" | "-"
     Value     =    {}


     Elements separated by vertical bar (|) are alternatives.
     Curly braces ({...}) indicate zero or more repetitions of
     the enclosed elements.  Square brackets ([...]) indicate
     that the enclosed element is optional.  Quotes ("...") are
     used around literal characters.

     IncludeFile lines are interpreted by replacing the line with
     the contents of the specified file.  The word ``include''
     must be in lowercase.  The file name is interpreted relative
     to the directory of the file in which the line occurs (for
     example, if the file name contains no directory or contains
     a relative directory specification).

     If a ResourceName contains a contiguous sequence of two or
     more Binding characters, the sequence will be replaced with
     single ``.'' character if the sequence contains only ``.''
     characters; otherwise, the sequence will be replaced with a
     single ``*'' character.

     A resource database never contains more than one entry for a
     given ResourceName.  If a resource file contains multiple
     lines with the same ResourceName, the last line in the file
     is used.

     Any white space characters before or after the name or colon
     in a ResourceSpec are ignored.  To allow a Value to begin
     with white space, the two-character sequence ``\space''
     (backslash followed by space) is recognized and replaced by
     a space character, and the two-character sequence ``\tab''
     (backslash followed by horizontal tab) is recognized and
     replaced by a horizontal tab character.  To allow a Value to
     contain embedded newline characters, the two-character
     sequence ``\n'' is recognized and replaced by a newline
     character.  To allow a Value to be broken across multiple
     lines in a text file, the two-character sequence ``\new-
     line'' (backslash followed by newline) is recognized and
     removed from the value.  To allow a Value to contain arbi-
     trary character codes, the four-character sequence ``\nnn'',
     where each n is a digit character in the range of
     ``0''-``7'', is recognized and replaced with a single byte
     that contains the octal value specified by the sequence.
     Finally, the two-character sequence ``\\'' is recognized and
     replaced with a single backslash.





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SEE ALSO
     XrmGetResource(3x11), XrmInitialize(3x11),
     XrmPutResource(3x11)
     Xlib - C Language X Interface


ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | x11/library/libx11          |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Interface Stability         | Committed                   |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | MT-Level                    | See XInitThreads(3X11)      |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|




































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