Guardian Procedure Calls Reference Manual (G06.25+)

File Names and Process Identifiers
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Process IDs
[3].<4:7> Processor in which the process resides; optional
[3].<8:15> PIN assigned by the system to identify the process in the
processor; optional
[4:7] [ qual-1 ] (blank fill)
[8:11] [ qual-2 ] (blank fill)
Network Form of Process File Name
The network form of a process file name is:
[0].<0:7> “\”
[0].<8:15> System number (0 through 254)
[1:2] process-name (up to four characters; no leading “$”) (blank fill)
[3].<4:7> Processor in which the process resides; optional
[3].<8:15> PIN assigned by the system to identify the process in the
processor; optional
[4:7] [ qual-1 ] (blank fill)
[8:11] [ qual-2 ] (blank fill)
Process IDs
A process ID is a four-word array that uniquely identifies a process within a system.
There are three forms of the process ID: the timestamp form, local name form, and
network form. These forms of the process ID are identical to the first four words of the
equivalent forms of the process file name, except that the processor and PIN fields are
not optional (see “Process File Names” earlier in this appendix). In other words, for
any form of the process file name, words [0:3] of the process file name are identical to
the process ID.
The process ID is sometimes called a CRTPID.