Distributed Name Service (DNS) Management Programming Manual

Overview of D-Series Operating System Changes Affecting EMS
Update for D-Series Operating Systems
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New Object-File Attributes New object-file attributes are available for use with EMS programs that run on a
D-series operating system. You can specify these attributes as compiler directives
when you compile a program, or after compilation using the BINDER program. These
new object-file attributes are:
HIGHPIN—If set to ON, HIGHPIN specifies that a process should run at a high
PIN, if one is available.
HIGHREQUESTERS—The HIGHREQUESTERS object-file attribute allows
unconverted processes to support requesters running at a high PIN.
RUNNAMED—If set to ON, RUNNAMED causes a process to run as a named
process, even if the creator does not provide a process name. The system will
create a name for the process.
New System Procedures A D-series operating system has many new user-accessible system procedures. These
procedures are available in addition to the C-series procedures which D-series
operating systems also support. A D-series procedure name has an underscore (_)
after each part of the name, including the last part. Three C-series procedures
commonly used by EMS programs are listed below, along with their D-series
equivalents.
C-Series Procedure
Name
D-Series
Procedure Name
ALLOCATESEGMENT SEGMENT_ALLOCATE_
CLOSE FILE_CLOSE_
FILEINFO FILE_GETINFO_
NEWPROCESS PROCESS_CREATE_
OPEN FILE_OPEN_
ABEND PROCESS_STOP_