Guardian Application Conversion Guide DCT Limits Extension Addendum

Affected Procedures
Guardian Application Conversion Guide DCT Limit Extension Addendum—527418-001
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GETDEVNAME
GETDEVNAME
For each call to the GETDEVNAME procedure, make either the Recommended
Change on page 1-5 or the Short-Term Change on page 1-6.
Recommended Change
Replace each call to the GETDEVNAME procedure with a call to one of these D-series
procedures:
D-Series Procedure Advantages Disadvantages
DEVICE_GETINFOBYLDEV_
•
Closest substitute for
GETDEVNAME for
requests referring to the
local system
•
Allows matching by
device type and subtype
•
Cannot search
devices on a remote
system
•
Returns information
only for devices and
device emulator
processes, not for
nondevice
processes
CONFIG_GETINFO_BYLDEV_ Returns more information
than
DEVICE_GETINFOBYLDEV_
does (and more than
GETDEVNAME does)
•
Does not allow
matching by device
type and subtype
•
Cannot search
devices on a remote
system
•
Returns information
only for devices and
device emulator
processes, not for
nondevice
processes
CONFIG_GETINFO_BYLDEV2_
FILENAME_FINDSTART_
•
Allows matching by
device type and subtype
•
Can search devices on a
remote system
•
Takes a filename
pattern, rather than
an ldev, as input
•
Skips certain
undocumented
reserved process
names
FILENAME_FINDNEXT_