3e42e5911fd90bf74e8733bb30db5687886fdb73
braney
  Mon Oct 10 14:07:29 2016 -0700
first pass at utility to convert hub metadata to a RA file

diff --git src/hg/inc/mdb.h src/hg/inc/mdb.h
index 8677197..2a0dc80 100644
--- src/hg/inc/mdb.h
+++ src/hg/inc/mdb.h
@@ -553,16 +553,18 @@
 // and controlled vocabulary (cv) label (if it exists) (as pair->val).
 // Can impose (non-zero) limit on returned string size of name.
 // Searchable vars are only for table or file objects.
 // Further restrict to vars associated with tableName, fileName or both.
 // Return is case insensitive sorted on label (cv label or else val).
 // If requested, return cv tag instead of mdb val.
 #define mdbPairVal(pair) (pair)->name
 #define mdbPairLabel(pair) (pair)->val
 
 struct slPair *mdbVarsSearchable(struct sqlConnection *conn, boolean hasTableName,
                                  boolean hasFileName);
 // returns a white list of mdb vars that actually exist in the current DB.
 // Searchable vars are only for table or file objects.
 // Further restrict to vars associated with tableName, fileName or both.
 
+struct mdbObj *metadataForTableFromTdb(struct trackDb *tdb);
+// Returns the metadata for a table from a tdb setting.
 #endif /* MDB_H */