Guardian Application Conversion Guide

New Process Identifiers
Conversion Concepts
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CPU number and PIN but with a different sequence number. An attempt to access
process $:1:650:1234567890 fails, because the process no longer exists.
Table 2-3 shows a comparison of the programmatic representation of C-series and
D-series process file names.
Table 2-3. C-Series and D-Series Programmatic Representation of Process File Names
Form C-Series Programmatic Representation D-Series Programmatic Representation
Timestamp unnamed
process
name [0].<0:1>
name [0].<2:7>
name [0].<8:15>
name [1:2]
name [3].<0:3>
name [3].<4:7>
name [3].<8:15>
name [4:11]
= 2
= Unused
= System number
= Low-order 32 bits of
timestamp
= Unused
= CPU number
= PIN
= Blank-filled
[node-name.]$:cpu:pin:sequence-number
Named process (without a
specified node name)
1
name [0:2]
name [3].<0:3>
name [3].<4:7>
name [3].<8:15>
name [4:7]
name [8:11]
= Process name
($ and 1 - 5 characters)
= Unused
= CPU number
= PIN
= First qualifier
= Second qualifier
process-name[:sequence-number]
[.qualifier1[.qualifier2]]
1
Network named process name [0].<0:7>
name [0].<8:15>
name [1:2]
name [3].<0:3>
name [3].<4:7>
name [3].<8:15>
name [4:7]
name [8:11]
= ASCII "\"
= System number
= Process name
2
(1 - 4 characters)
= Unused
= CPU number
= PIN
= First qualifier
= Second qualifier
[node-name.]process-name
[:sequence-number][.qualifier1[.qualifier2]]
3
1 The D-series operating system expands a partially qualified D-series file name using the current settings, including the node name,
from the =_DEFAULTS DEFINE VOLUME attribute. A process name that does not include a node name is therefore not necessarily a
local process name on a D-series system.
2 On C-series systems, a process can identify a remote process with a name that has a maximum of four characters. A remote
process name does not contain a dollar sign in the programmatic representation.
3 On D-series systems, a converted process can identify a remote process with a name that has two to six characters including the
dollar sign on other D-series systems but not on C-series systems.