Guardian Procedure Calls Reference Manual (G06.25+)

File Names and Process Identifiers
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Process File Names
[4:11][ qual-1 ] (with device-name only) (blank fill)
To access $RECEIVE, use
[0:11]“$RECEIVE” (blank fill)
To access another process, if it is named, use
[0:3]process-name (blank fill)
[4:7][ qual-1 ] (blank fill)
[8:11][ qual-2 ] (blank fill)
Network File Names
The internal form of a network file name is:
[0].<0:7> “\”
[0].<8:15> System number (0 through 254)
[1:3] volume (up to six characters), device-name (up to six
characters), or
process-name (up to four characters);
no leading dollar sign (blank fill)
[4:11] Same as local file name
Process File Names
A process file name is a 12-word array that uniquely identifies a process. There are
three forms of the process file name: the timestamp form, local name form, and
network form. Note that these forms cannot be used to designate a process that has a
PIN greater than 255.
Timestamp Form of Process File Name
The timestamp form of the process file name is:
[0].<0:1> 2
[0].<2:7> Reserved
[0].<8:15> System number (0 through 254)
[1:2] Low-order 32 bits of creation timestamp
[3].<0:3> Reserved
[3].<4:7> Processor in which the process resides
[3].<8:15> PIN assigned by the system to identify the process in the
processor
[4:11] Blank-filled
Local Name Form of Process File Name
The local name form of the process file name is:
[0:2] process-name (up to five characters plus leading “$”) (blank fill)
[3].<0:3> Reserved