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.\" Copyright (c) 2000, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
.TH picl_initialize 3PICL "28 Mar 2000" "SunOS 5.11" "PICL Library Functions"
.SH NAME
picl_initialize \- initiate a session with the PICL daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBcc\fR [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-lpicl\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ] 
#include <picl.h>

\fBint\fR \fBpicl_initialize\fR(\fBvoid\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBpicl_initialize()\fR function opens the daemon door file and initiates a session with the PICL daemon running on the system.
.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.LP
Upon successful completion, \fB0\fR is returned. On failure, this function returns a non-negative integer, \fBPICL_FAILURE\fR.
.SH ERRORS
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBPICL_NOTSUPPORTED\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 21n
.rt  
Version not supported
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBPICL_FAILURE\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 21n
.rt  
General system failure
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBPICL_NORESPONSE\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 21n
.rt  
Daemon not responding
.RE

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5)  for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
MT-LevelMT-Safe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBpicl_shutdown\fR(3PICL), \fBattributes\fR(5)