Guardian Procedure Calls Reference Manual (G06.25+)

Guardian Procedure Calls (N)
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NEWPROCESS Procedure
(Superseded by PROCESS_LAUNCH_ Procedure )
If library-file:
•
is specified, unresolved external references are resolved first from the
specified
library-file, then from the system library.
•
is specified and library-file[0] is 0 (binary), then the library file used by
the process when it was last run is removed, and the process runs with no
library file. (The references that were previously resolved on the user library
are resolved on the system library.)
•
is not specified, the program runs with the library file previously associated with
the program file, if any. For TNS and non-PIC native programs, but not for PIC
programs, that association can be changed by running the program with a
specified library (or by specifying none). The association can be set by the
Binder or linker. Refer to the
Binder Manual for more information about TNS
user libraries. Refer to the
nld and noft Manual for more information about
TNS/R native user libraries and shared run-time libraries. Refer to the
eld
Manual and the enoft Manual for more information about TNS/E native user
libraries and shared run-time libraries. Refer to the
ld and rld Reference
Manual for more information about dynamic-link libraries (including native user
libraries used with PIC programs).
For TNS processes on RVUs preceding the D42 RVU, if
swap-file:
•
is specified and a file of that name exists, that file is used for memory swapping
of the user data stack during execution of the process; if no file of that name
exists, a file of that name and of the necessary size is created and used for
swapping.
•
is not specified, a =_DEFAULTS DEFINE swap-file is used if available,
otherwise a temporary file is created on the disk where the program file
resides.
•
specifies only the disk device name (filling the rest of the file name with
blanks), a temporary file is created on the specified disk device.
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Creation of the backup of a named process pair
If the backup of a named process pair is created, the backup process becomes the
“creator” of the primary (that is, the caller to NEWPROCESS).
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Program file and user library file differences
A “user library” is an object file containing one or more procedures. The difference
between a program file and a library file is that the library file cannot contain a main
procedure. Undefined externals from a library are resolved only from the system
library. A program file must contain a main procedure. Refer to the
Binder Manual
for more information about TNS user libraries. Refer to the
nld and noft Manual for
more information about TNS/R native user libraries and shared run-time libraries.
Refer to the
nld and noft Manual for more information about TNS/E native user
libraries and shared run-time libraries. Refer to the
ld and rld Reference Manual
for more information about dynamic-link libraries (including native user libraries