Guardian Programmer's Guide

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Guardian Programmer’s Guide
Contents
What’s New in This Manual
- Manual Information
- New and Changed Information
About This Manual
- Contents
- Related Reading
- Notation Conventions
Legal Notices
- HP Encourages Your Comments
1 Introduction to Guardian Programming
- Providing Fault Tolerance
- System Services
- The Requester/Server Application Model
- Accessing Guardian Procedures
- TNS/E Program Execution Modes
  - Similarities and Differences Between H-series RVUs on the TNS/E Platform and G-Series RVUs on the TNS/R Platform
- TNS/R Program Execution Modes
- Using Parameter Declarations Files
- Synchronizing Processes
2 Using the File System
- File Concepts
- File Names
- Location Independent Disk-File Names
- Passing File Names to Processes
  - Using CLASS MAP DEFINEs
  - Using the Startup Sequence
- Creating and Accessing Files
- Accessing Files: An Example
3 Coordinating Concurrent File Access
- Setting the Access Mode
- Setting the Exclusion Mode
- Locking a File
- Avoiding Deadlocks
  - Avoiding Multiple-Process Deadlocks
  - Avoiding Single-Process Deadlocks
4 Using Nowait Input/Output
- Overview of Nowait Input/Output
- Applying a Nowait Operation on a Single File
- Applying Multiple Nowait Operations on a Single File
- Applying Nowait Operations to Multiple Files
- Nowait I/O: An Example
- Using FILE_COMPLETE_ and its Companion Procedures
- Nowait-Depth
5 Communicating With Disk Files
- Types of Disk Files
- Using Unstructured Files
- Using Relative Files
- Using Entry-Sequenced Files
- Using Key-Sequenced Files
- Using Partitioned Files
  - Creating Partitioned Files
  - Accessing Partitioned Files
- Using Alternate Keys
6 Communicating With Processes
- Sending and Receiving Messages: An Introduction
- Sending Messages to Other Processes
  - Opening a Process
  - Writing Messages to Another Process
- Queuing Messages on $RECEIVE
- Receiving and Replying to Messages From Other Processes
- Receiving Messages From Other Processes: One-Way Communication
- Handling Multiple Messages Concurrently
- Checking for Canceled Messages
  - Checking for Cancellation Messages
  - Using the MESSAGESTATUS Procedure
- Receiving and Processing System Messages
- Handling Errors
- Communicating With Processes: Sample Programs
  - Programming the Requester
  - Programming the Server
7 Using DEFINEs
- Example Uses for DEFINEs
- DEFINE Names
- DEFINE Attributes
- Working With DEFINEs
  - Enabling DEFINEs
  - Referring to DEFINEs
- Adding DEFINEs
- Using DEFINEs: An Example
8 Communicating With a TACL Process
- Setting Up the Process Environment
- Obtaining Startup Information
  - Using INITIALIZER to Read the Startup Message
  - Processing the Startup Message
- Using ASSIGNs and PARAMs
- Setting a Timeout Value for INITIALIZER
- Reading the Startup Sequence Without INITIALIZER
- Waking the TACL Process
- Causing the TACL Process to Display Text
9 Communicating With Devices
- Overview of I/O Subsystem
- Addressing Devices
- Accessing Devices
- Controlling Devices
- Getting Device Information
  - Additional Device Information (G-series Only)
10 Communicating With Terminals
- Accessing a Terminal
- Communicating in Conversational Mode
- Communicating in Page Mode
- Managing the BREAK Key
- Recovering From Errors
11 Communicating With Printers
- Accessing a Printer
  - Procedures for Working With Printers
  - A Printer Program Outline
- Using the Printer Control Language
  - Controlling the Printer
  - Commonly Used PCL Escape Sequences
- Programming for Tandem Laser Printers
- Programming for Tandem Matrix Line Printers
- Recovering From Errors
  - Recovering From a “Device Not Ready” Error
  - Recovering From Path Errors
- Sample Program for Using a Printer
12 Communicating With Magnetic Tape
- Accessing Magnetic Tape: An Introduction
- Positioning the Tape
- Reading and Writing Tape Records
  - Reading Tape Records
  - Writing Tape Records
- Blocking Tape Records
- Working in Buffered Mode
- Working With Standard Labeled Tapes
- Accessing a Labeled Tape File: An Example
- Working With Unlabeled Tapes
- Terminating Tape Access
- Recovering From Errors
- Accessing an Unlabeled Tape File: An Example
13 Manipulating File Names
- Overview
  - Identifying Portions of File Names
  - Working With File-Name Patterns
- Scanning, Resolving, and Unresolving File Names
- Modifying Portions of a File Name
- Comparing File Names
- Searching For and Matching File-Name Patterns
- Manipulating File Names: An Example
14 Using the IOEdit Procedures
- When to Use and When Not to Use EDIT Files
- Overview of IOEdit
- Creating, Opening, and Initializing an IOEdit File
- Reading and Writing an IOEdit File
- Using Nowait I/O With IOEdit Files
- Compressing an IOEdit File
- Closing an IOEdit File
  - Closing a Single File
  - Closing All EDIT Files
15 Using the Sequential Input/Output Procedures
- An Introduction to the SIO Procedures
- Initializing SIO Files Using TAL or pTAL DEFINEs
- Opening and Creating SIO Files
- Getting Information About SIO Files
- Reading and Writing SIO Files
- Accessing EDIT Files
  - Opening an EDIT File
  - Setting the Read Position
- Handling Nowait I/O
  - Waiting for One File
  - Waiting for Any File
- Handling Interprocess Messages
- Handling System Messages
  - Selecting or Masking System Messages
  - Reading System Messages
- Handling BREAK Ownership
- Handling SIO Errors
- Closing SIO Files
- Initializing SIO Files Without TAL or pTAL DEFINEs
- Using the SIO Procedures: An Example
16 Creating and Managing Processes
- Process Management Overview
- Creating Processes
- Sending the Startup Sequence to a Process
  - Sending and Receiving the Startup Message
  - Sending and Receiving Assign and Param Messages
- Monitoring a Child Process
- Deleting Processes
- Suspending and Activating Processes
- Getting and Setting Process Information
  - Getting Process Information
  - Setting Process Information
- Manipulating Process Identifiers
17 Managing Memory
- An Introduction to Memory-Management Procedures
- Managing the User Data Areas
- Using (Extended) Data Segments
- Using Memory Pools
18 Managing Time
- How the System Keeps Time
- Using the Time Management Procedures
- Time and Date Manipulation
- Timing in Elapsed Time and Timing in Process Time
- Measuring Long Time Intervals
  - A Sample Long-Range Timer
- Managing System Time
19 Formatting and Manipulating Character Data
- Using the Formatter
  - Format-Directed Formatting
  - List-Directed Formatting
- Manipulating Character Strings
- Programming With Multibyte Character Sets
20 Interfacing With the ERROR Program
- Creating an ERROR Process
- Opening an ERROR Process
- Sending an ERROR Process a Startup Message
- Reading and Processing Error-Message Text
- Closing and Deleting an ERROR Process
- Using the ERROR Process: An Example
21 Writing a Requester Program
- Functions of a Requester
- File System I/O Synchronization
- Writing a Requester Program: An Example
22 Writing a Server Program
- Functions of a Server Process
- Maintaining an Opener Table
- Writing a Server Program: An Example
23 Writing a Command-Interpreter Monitor ($CMON)
- Communicating With TACL Processes
- Controlling the Configuration of a TACL Process
  - Retaining Default Values
  - Setting Configuration Parameters
- Controlling Logon and Logoff
- Controlling Passwords
  - When the User Requests to Change a Local Password
  - When the User Requests to Change a Remote Password
- Controlling Process Creation
  - Controlling the Priority of a New Process
  - Controlling the CPU of a New Process
- Controlling Change of Process Priority
- Controlling Adding and Deleting Users
  - Controlling Adding a User
  - Controlling Deleting a User
- Controlling $CMON While the System Is Running
- Writing a $CMON Program: An Example
  - Sample $CMON Program
  - Sample Command-Interface Program
- Debugging a TACL Monitor ($CMON)
  - A TACL Macro for Debugging and Testing a $CMON Program
  - Procedure for Debugging and Testing a TACL Monitor ($CMON)
24 Writing a Terminal Simulator
- Specifying Device Subtype 30
  - Why Device Subtype 30 Must Be Specified
  - How to Specify Device Subtype 30
- Assigning a Name to the Terminal-Simulation Process
- Accepting System Messages Through $RECEIVE
- Specifying How to Process System Messages
  - Allowing the Requester to Specify the last-params Parameter
  - Allowing the Requester to Call SETPARAM
- Processing I/O Requests
- Processing System Messages
- Managing the BREAK Key
25 Debugging, Trap Handling, and Signal Handling
- Invoking a Debugger
  - Getting a Process Into the Debug State
  - Specifying the Debugging Environment
- Handling Trap Conditions
- Handling Signals
26 Synchronizing Processes
- How Binary Semaphores Work
- Summary of Guardian Binary Semaphore Procedures
- Using the Binary Semaphore Procedure Calls
- Binary Semaphore Interface Declarations
- Binary Semaphore Example
- BINSEM_GETSTATS_ and BINSEM_STAT_VERSION_ Example
27 Fault-Tolerant Programming in C
- Overview of Active Backup Programming
- Summary of Active Backup Processing
- What the Programmer Must Do
  - Planning Tasks
  - Programming Tasks
- C Extensions That Support Active Backup Programming
- Organizing an Active Backup Program
  - Primary Process Organization
  - Backup Process Organization
- Updating State Information
- Providing Communication Between the Primary and Backup Processes
- Programming Considerations
  - Compile-Time and Linker Considerations
  - Run-Time Considerations
- Comparison of Active Backup and Passive Backup
- Active Backup Example 1
- Active Backup Example 2
28 Using Floating-Point Formats
- Differences Between Tandem and IEEE Floating-Point Formats
- Building and Running IEEE Floating-Point Programs
- Compiling and Linking Floating-Point Programs
- Link-Time Consistency Checking
- Run-Time Consistency Checking
- Run-Time Support
- Debugging Options
- Conversion Routines
- Floating-Point Operating Mode Routines
A Mixed Data Model Programming
- Using 64-bit Addressable Memory
Glossary
Index

What’s New in This Manual

Guardian Programmer’s Guide — 421922-014

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Changes to the 421922-009 Manual

Figure 27-1, Active Backup Program Structure, on page 27-8.

Figure 27-5, Primary Process Functional Flow, on page 27-33.

Figure 27-6, Backup Process Functional Flow, on page 27-34.

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Added the following tables:

Table 11-4, Default VFC Table, on page 11-22.

Table 11-5, Modified VFC Table, on page 11-24.

Changes to the 421922-009 Manual

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Updated the description of Using DEFINEs on page 7-1.

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Updated the sequence in the Reading the Startup Sequence Without INITIALIZER

section on page 8-17 and updated the example on page 8-18.

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Updated the example in the Specifying a Process Name section on page 16-24.

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Updated the description about Clock Averaging and System Time on page 18-1.

Changes to the H06.14/J06.03 Manual

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References to Release Version Updates (RVUs) throughout this manual have been

updated to include references to J-series RVUs, where appropriate.

Changes to the 421922-004 Manual

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Unless otherwise indicated in the text, discussions of native mode behavior,

processes, and so forth apply to both the TNS/R code that runs on G-series

systems and to the TNS/E code that runs on H-series systems.

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Section 1, Introduction to Guardian Programming discusses Similarities and

Differences Between H-series RVUs on the TNS/E Platform and G-Series RVUs

on the TNS/R Platform.

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Section 16, Creating and Managing Processes, includes new information about

Process Organization and Data Spaces for Native Processes for TNS/E native

processes.

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Section 17, Managing Memory includes information about managing memory in

TNS/E systems:

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Managing the TNS User Data Segment

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Managing the Native User Data Areas

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How the Main and Priv Stacks Are Used

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Changing the Maximum Size of the Heap

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Changing the Maximum Size of the Main Stack