Guardian Procedure Calls Reference Manual (G06.25+)
Guardian Procedure Calls (F)
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FNAMECOLLAPSE Procedure (Superseded by
OLDFILENAME_TO_FILENAME_ Procedure)
FNAMECOLLAPSE Procedure (Superseded by
OLDFILENAME_TO_FILENAME_ Procedure
)
Summary
Syntax for C Programmers
Syntax for TAL Programmers
Parameters
Considerations
Example
Summary
The FNAMECOLLAPSE procedure converts a file name from internal to external form.
The system number of a network file name is converted to the corresponding system
name.
Syntax for C Programmers
This procedure does not have a C syntax, because it is superseded and should not be
used for new development. This procedure is supported only for compatibility with
previous software.
Syntax for TAL Programmers
Parameters
length returned value
INT
returns the number of bytes in
external-name.
internal-name input
INT:ref:12
is the name to be converted.
internal-name is an array of 12 words.
internal-filename cannot be the same array as external-filename.
Refer to the discussion of “Internal File Names” in Appendix D, File Names and
Process Identifiers for a description of valid internal file names.
Note. This procedure is supported for compatibility with previous software and should not be
used for new development.
length := FNAMECOLLAPSE ( internal-name ! i
,external-name ); ! o