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SDDS_GetAssociateDefinition

• name:
  SDDS_GetAssociateDefinition
• description:
  Returns a pointer to a structure describing a named associate file.
• synopsis: #include "SDDS.h"
  ASSOCIATE_DEFINITION *SDDS_GetAssociateDefinition(SDDS_TABLE *SDDS_table, char *filename)

  typedef struct {
      char *filename, *path, *description, *contents;
      long sdds;
      } ASSOCIATE_DEFINITION;

• arguments:
  • SDDS_table : Address of the SDDS_TABLE structure for the data set.
  • filename: A NULL-terminated character string giving the name of the associate file for which the definition is desired.
• return value:
  On success, returns the address of the internally-stored structure containing the definition of the associate. On failure, returns NULL and records an error message.
• see also:
  • SDDS_GetAssociateInformation
  • SDDS_GetAssociateNames
  • SDDS_NumberOfErrors
  • SDDS_PrintErrors