Open System Services Library Calls Reference Manual (G06.29+, H06.08+, J06.03+)

SPT_SERVERCLASS_DIALOG_BEGINL_(3) OSS Library Calls Reference Manual
NAME
SPT_SERVERCLASS_DIALOG_BEGINL_ - Initiates the dialog and sends the first message
of the dialog to the server instance in the Pathway serverclass (larger message version)
LIBRARY
H-series and J-series OSS processes: /G/system/zdllnnn/zsptdll
SYNOPSIS
#include <spthread.h>
short SPT_SERVERCLASS_DIALOG_BEGINL_(
long *dialogid,
char * pathmon,
short pathmonbytes,
char * serverclass,
short serverclassbytes,
char * writebufferL,
char * readbufferL,
long requestbytes,
long maximumreplybytes,
long *actualreplybytes,
long timeout,
short flags,
short *scsoperationnumber,
long long tag;
PARAMETERS
Input
pathmon Contains the external process name of the PATHMON process controlling the
server class (for example, $PM or \AB.$PM).
pathmonbytes Contains the character length of pathmon.
serverclass Contains the name of the server class to send to.
serverclassbytes
Contains the character length of serverclass.
writebufferL Contains the message to send to the server class.
requestbytes Contains the byte length of the data contained in writebufferL.
maximumreplybytes
Contains the maximum number of bytes that are expected in the reply message
from the server class.
timeout (Optional) Contains the maximum amount of time, in hundredths of a second,
that LINKMON waits for the completion of this send. This value must be either
-1 or greater than 0 (zero). The default value is -1 (wait indefinitely).
If the begin is still in progess when this timeout expires, then the begin is can-
celed. An error value of 233 (FEScError) is returned;
SPT_SERVERCLASS_SEND_INFO_( ) reports Pathsend error 918 (FEScSen-
dOperationAborted) and Guardian file-system error 40.
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