DPNS_SETPTIME

Section: DPNS Library Functions (3)
Updated: $Date: 2005/04/27 09:11:24 $
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NAME

dpns_setptime - set replica pin time

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>
#include "dpns_api.h"

int dpns_setptime (const char *sfn, time_t ptime)

DESCRIPTION

dpns_setptime sets the pin time for a file replica to a given time. This function should be called everytime a file replica is created, when its lifetime is extended or when the replica is released.

sfn: is the Physical File Name for the replica.
ptime: specifies the new lifetime.

RETURN VALUE

This routine returns 0 if the operation was successful or -1 if the operation failed. In the latter case, serrno is set appropriately.

ERRORS