Guardian Procedure Calls Reference Manual

in structured files, 506, 750
saving, 753
POSITIONEDIT procedure, 978
Positioning
by primary key, in key-sequenced files, 506, 750
by primary key, in relative and entry, by sequenced
files, 514, 975
in an EDIT file, 978
in unstructured files, 514, 975
saving a current position, 504, 1257
to a saved position, 502, 1246
to the last record in a file, 755
to the start of a file, 754
Positioning block, 502, 1246, 1257
Power On messages, enabling or disabling receipt of,
837, 1082
PPD see Process pair directory
PPD entry from DCT index, 666
Primary define, 900
Primary extent size, specifying, 229, 386, 395
Primary key value, 414, 606
Primary process
closing a file in a backup process, 132, 364
state, monitoring, 138
Primary process, closing a file in a backup process, 132,
364
Priority
changing, 67, 980, 985, 1083–1084
in NEWPROCESS[NOWAIT] procedure, 849
PRIORITY procedure, 980
Procedure labels, associated with an entry point, 1413–
1414
Procedures
checkpointing see Checkpointing procedures
file system see File-system procedures
formatter see Formatter procedures
how to read syntax of, 34
memory-management see Memory-management
procedures
process control see Process control procedures
security system see Security procedures
sequential I/O see Sequential I/O procedures
trap handling see Trap handling procedures
types and their actions, 29
utilities see Utility procedures
Process
altering attributes, 1083–1084, 1092
changing execution priority, 67, 1083–1084
checkpointing block of data area, 142
deletion
descripton of, 1398
deletion:descripton of, 1121
deletion:notification of, 1395, 1397
deletion:protecting against, 1353
getting information about its own PCB, 653
monitoring, 166, 921
obtaining information about, 1005, 1012, 1045
owns BREAK, 120
pair
activation, 45, 982
deletion, 1121, 1398
obtaining descriptions by index, 781
suspension, 1128, 1406
unnamed, 141, 365, 472
when both members are activated, 45
pair:when both members are activated, 982
pair:when both members are suspended, 1128
reserved names, 1532
setting current file security, 1132
spooler collector, 1548
status information, obtaining, 1147
suspension, 1406
suspension, for a timed interval, 296, 1003
time and system time, 1381
Process access ID (PAID)
descripton of, 1009, 1131
in ACTIVATEPROCESS procedure, 45
in ALTERPRIORITY procedure, 67
in PROCESS_ACTIVATE_ procedure, 982
in PROCESS_SUSPEND_ procedure, 1128
of a new process, 860, 994, 1117
Process control block (PCB), a process getting information
about its own, 653
Process control procedures
ABEND, 39
ACTIVATEPROCESS, 45
ALTERPRIORITY, 67
BREAKMESSAGE_SEND_, 107
CANCELPROCESSTIMEOUT, 113
CANCELTIMEOUT, 117
CREATEPROCESSNAME, 239
CREATEREMOTENAME, 241
DELAY, 296, 1003
GETCRTPID, 655
GETPPDENTRY, 666
GETREMOTECRTPID, 668
LOCKINFO, 771
LOOKUPPROCESSNAME, 781
MOM, 832
MYGMOM, 841
MYPID, 842
MYSYSTEMNUMBER, 844
MYTERM, 845
NEWPROCESS[NOWAIT], 847
PRIORITY, 980, 985
PROCESS_ACTIVATE_, 982
PROCESS_CREATE_, 985
PROCESS_LAUNCH_, 1050
PROCESS_MONITOR_VCORE_, 1083
PROCESS_SETINFO_, 1084
PROCESS_SETSTRINGINFO_, 1092
PROCESS_SPAWN_, 1095
PROCESS_STOP_, 1121
PROCESS_SUSPEND_, 1128
PROCESSINFO, 1147
PROGRAMFILENAME, 1185
SENDBREAKMESSAGE, 1302
SETMYTERM, 1348
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