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Glossary
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file name
file name. In the OSS environment, a component of a path name containing any valid
characters other than a slash (/) or a null.
In the Guardian environment, a file name is the set of node name, volume name,
subvolume name, and file identifier characters that uniquely identifies a file.
In a command stream, either a token that is not part of an option, such as an input file
for nld to read, or a parameter for an option, as in -o file name.
flag. A token introduced by a hyphen (-); for example: -o, -rename, or -verbose.
Guardian environment. An environment available for interactive or programmatic use with
the HP NonStop operating system. It consists of the Guardian API, tools, and utilities.
Processes that run in the Guardian environment use the Guardian system procedure
calls as their application program interface; interactive users of the Guardian
environment use the HP Tandem Advanced Command Language (TACL) or another
HP NonStop product’s command interpreter. Compare to Open System Services
(OSS).
header. An object that, when specified for inclusion in a program’s source code, causes the
program to behave, as if the statement including the header were actually a specific
set of other programming statements. A header contains coded information that
provides details (such as data item length) about the data that the header precedes.
In an OSS program, a header is the name of a file known to the run-time library used
by a process. In a Guardian environment C language program, a header is the file
identifier for a file known to the run-time library used by a process.
high PIN. A PIN (process identification number) in the range 256 or higher.
keyword. A character sequence that nld, noft, or ar recognizes, such as SYSTYPE or
OSS.
linkable object file. An object file that can be used in linking.
linkfile. In most contexts, short for linkable object file. For native C/C++ compilers in the
Guardian environment, a command file for input to the nld utility.
linking. The operation of examining, collecting, modifying, and combining code and data
segments from one or more object files to produce a target object file (or loadfile).
loadable object file. An object file that can be used in loading.
loadfile. Short for loadable object file. Program files, user libraries, and shared run-time
libraries are loadfiles.
loading. The operation of mapping an object file into the memory of a process.
low PIN. A PIN (process identification number) in the range 0 through 254.