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XrmGetFileDatabase(3)		 XLIB FUNCTIONS 	   XrmGetFileDatabase(3)

NAME
     XrmGetFileDatabase,  XrmPutFileDatabase, XrmGetStringDatabase, XrmLocaleOf-
     Database, XrmGetDatabase, XrmSetDatabase, XrmDestroyDatabase - retrieve and
     store resource databases

SYNTAX
     #include <X11/Xresource.h>

     XrmDatabase XrmGetFileDatabase(char *filename);

     void XrmPutFileDatabase(XrmDatabase database, _Xconst char *stored_db);

     XrmDatabase XrmGetStringDatabase(_Xconst char *data);

     const 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 re-
     source database, and loads it with the  specifications  read  in  from  the
     specified file.  The specified 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 specified 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 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 implementa-
     tion-dependent.  Entries with representation types other than "String"  are
     ignored.

     The XrmGetStringDatabase function creates a new database and stores the re-
     sources  specified  in the specified null-terminated string.  XrmGetString-
     Database is similar to XrmGetFileDatabase except that it reads the informa-
     tion 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)  termi-
     nated  by	a  null character; the database 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 de-
     stroyed.  Until the string is freed, it will not be modified by Xlib.

     The XrmGetDatabase function returns the database associated with the speci-
     fied 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 re-
     source line is:

     ResourceLine   =	 Comment | IncludeFile | ResourceSpec | <empty line>
     Comment   =    "!" {<any character except null or newline>}
     IncludeFile    =	 "#" WhiteSpace "include" WhiteSpace FileName WhiteSpace
     FileName  =    <valid filename for operating system>
     ResourceSpec   =	 WhiteSpace ResourceName WhiteSpace ":" WhiteSpace Value
     ResourceName   =	 [Binding] {Component Binding} ComponentName
     Binding   =    "." | "*"
     WhiteSpace     =	 {<space> | <horizontal tab>}
     Component =    "?" | ComponentName
     ComponentName  =	 NameChar {NameChar}
     NameChar  =    "a"-"z" | "A"-"Z" | "0"-"9" | "_" | "-"
     Value     =    {<any character except null or unescaped newline>}

     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 re-
     placed with a single "*" character.

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

     Any white space characters before or after the name or colon in a Resource-
     Spec 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" (back-
     slash  followed by horizontal tab) is recognized and replaced by a horizon-
     tal tab character.  To allow a Value to contain  embedded	newline  charac-
     ters,  the two-character sequence "\n" is recognized and replaced by a new-
     line character.  To allow a Value to be broken across multiple lines  in  a
     text  file,  the  two-character  sequence "\newline" (backslash followed by
     newline) is recognized and removed from the value.  To  allow  a  Value  to
     contain  arbitrary  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.

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

X Version 11			  libX11 1.8.13 	   XrmGetFileDatabase(3)

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