OSF DCE Application Development Guide--Core Components

OSF DCE Application Development Guide—Core Components
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/* The RPC-based Time-Provider Program (TPP) interfaces are
* defined here. These calls are invoked by a Time Service
* daemon running as a server (in this case it makes an RPC
* client call to the TPP server).
*/
/* CONTACT_PROVIDER
* Send initial contact message to the TPP. The TPP server
* responds with a control message.
*/
void ContactProvider
(
[in] handle_t bind_h,
[out] TPctlMsg *ctrlRespMsg,
[out] error_status_t *comStatus
);
/* SERVER_REQUEST_PROVIDER_TIME
* The client sends a request to the TPP for times. The
* TPP server responds with an array of timestamps obtained
* by querying the Time-Provider hardware that it polls.
*/
void ServerRequestProviderTime
(
[in] handle_t bind_h,
[out] TPtimeMsg *timesRspMsg,
[out] error_status_t *comStatus
);
}
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