NAME

       atWriteStatus,  atWriteMode,  atWriteDate,  atWriteName,  atScanStatus - print and scan special attribute
       values

SYNOPSIS

       #include <atfs.h>
       #include <atfstk.h>

       char*atWriteStatus (Af_key *aso; int verbose);

       char*atWriteMode (Af_key *aso);

       char*atWriteDate (Af_key *aso, char *dateAttribute);

       char*atWriteName (Af_key *aso, char *path);

       int  atScanStatus (char *statusStr);

DESCRIPTION

       atWriteStatus returns a string representation of Asos AF_STATE attribute. With the verbose argument TRUE,
       atWriteStatus returns a long (8 character) status name. Otherwise, on FALSE, it returns a  one  character
       short representation. The result value is a statically defined string in any case.

       atWriteMode  generates  a ls -l(1) like (e.g. -rwxr-xr-x) string representation of the AF_MODE attribute.
       It returns its result in static memory, which will be overwritten on subsequent calls.

       atWriteDate produces a date string from the given dateAttribute to be used for ls -l(1) like output (e.g.
       Jan  8 11:07 or Jul 10  1992).  The format of the date string depends on the value of the date attribute.
       The string is always 12 characters long and begins with the month and  day.  For  dates  younger  than  6
       months,  the  third field is the time, for dates older than 6 months, the year. The result string resides
       in static memory, which will be overwritten on subsequent calls.

       atWriteName generates a bound pathname from path and aso.

       atScanStatus converts an status string to an  internal  numeric  status  value.  It  understands  various
       abbreviations, including the one character status strings generated by atWriteStatus.

.BUGS

       The  format  switch in afWriteDate (for dates older than six months) does not happen at exactly the right
       time. It may be a few days later.

AtFStk-1.12                                 Fri Jun 25 16:39:43 1993                                  atprint(3)