need information on extracting column names from pro*c

I'm trying to retrieve the table names and field (column) names from within a c program that interfaces to an oracle database.

If I have a table name and know nothing else about the table, how can I find out the names and attributes of the columns from within a c program?

Thanks in advance!

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