FindResident.md

NAME

FindResident - find a resident module by name

SYNOPSIS

    resident = FindResident(name)
    D0                      A1

    struct Resident *FindResident(STRPTR);

Links: Resident

FUNCTION

Search the system resident tag list for a resident tag ("ROMTag") with the given name. If found return a pointer to the resident tag structure, else return zero.

Resident modules are used by the system to pull all its parts together at startup. Resident tags are also found in disk based devices and libraries.

INPUTS

name - pointer to name string

RESULT resident - pointer to the resident tag structure or zero if none found.

SEE ALSO

exec/resident.h, InitResident