# TaoLineSearchAppendOptionsPrefix
Appends to the prefix used for searching for all TaoLineSearch options in the database. 
## Synopsis
```
#include "petsctaolinesearch.h" 
PetscErrorCode TaoLineSearchAppendOptionsPrefix(TaoLineSearch ls, const char p[])
```
Collective


## Input Parameters

- ***ls -*** the TaoLineSearch solver context
- ***prefix -*** the prefix string to prepend to all line search requests



## Notes
A hyphen (-) must NOT be given at the beginning of the prefix name.
The first character of all runtime options is AUTOMATICALLY the hyphen.




## See Also
 `TaoLineSearchSetOptionsPrefix()`, `TaoLineSearchGetOptionsPrefix()`

## Level
advanced

## Location
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/tao/linesearch/interface/taolinesearch.c.html#TaoLineSearchAppendOptionsPrefix">src/tao/linesearch/interface/taolinesearch.c</A>


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