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 picl_initialize 3PICL "28 Mar 2000" "SunOS 5.11" "PICL Library Functions"
 NAME
picl_initialize - initiate a session with the PICL daemon
 SYNOPSIS

cc [ flag... ] file... -lpicl [ library... ]
#include <picl.h>

int picl_initialize(void);


 DESCRIPTION

The picl_initialize() function opens the daemon door file and initiates a
session with the PICL daemon running on the system.
 RETURN VALUES

Upon successful completion, 0 is returned. On failure, this function
returns a non-negative integer, PICL_FAILURE.
 ERRORS

PICL_NOTSUPPORTED

Version not supported


PICL_FAILURE

General system failure


PICL_NORESPONSE

Daemon not responding


 ATTRIBUTES

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


ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
MT-LevelMT-Safe


 SEE ALSO

picl_shutdown(3PICL), attributes(5)