Distributed Name Service (DNS) Management Programming Manual

DNS Definitions
Common Definitions
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Allowed Parameter Values:
Where input fields of this type are optional, they may be left null (blank-filled). When
not null, the field must be supplied as follows:
Bytes 0 through 7 must contain the name of the system that hosts the file. The name
must include the leading backslash character (\) and must be left-justified and blank-
filled.
If the system is not named, bytes 0 through 7 should contain the backslash character
(\) followed by seven blank characters.
Bytes 8 through 31 vary according to the type of file as follows:
Disk File Bytes 8-15 = $volume-name (blank fill)
Bytes 16-23 = subvolume-name (blank fill)
Bytes 24-31 = disk-filename (blank fill)
Non-disk devices Bytes 8-31 = $device-name (blank fill)
Subdevices Bytes 8-15 = $device-name (blank fill)
Bytes 16-21 = #subdevice-name (blank fill)
Processes Bytes 8-31 = $process-name (blank fill)
or
Bytes 8-15 = $process-name (blank fill)
Bytes 16-23 = #qualifier1-name (blank fill)
Bytes 24-31 = qualifier2-name (blank fill)
Examples:
File Name ZDNS-DDL-DNSFNAME
\A.$B "\A $B "
\A.$B.#C "\A $B #C "
\A.$B.#C.D "\A $B #C D "
\W.$X.Y.Z "\W $X Y Z "
Response Values:
On output, fields of this type always contain a Guardian 90 file name as described
under “Allowed Parameter Values” for this definition.
The Guardian 90 file system provides procedures in the system library for dealing
with file names in this format. These procedures are listed in Table 4-10 and are
described in the System Procedure Calls Reference Manual.