Open System Services Programmer's Guide

• Guardian Programmer’s Guide. This guide describes how to access the Guardian API using
Guardian procedure calls. It is written for application and system programmers.
• Open System Services Porting Guide. This guide describes conversion techniques for moving
existing C-language applications into the OSS environment. It discusses both C-language and
operating system considerations. This guide is intended for application programmers, with
some information for selected operating system users.
• Software Internationalization Guide. This guide describes how to use the OSS
internationalization features. It is written for application and system programmers.
The following are related reference manuals:
• Guardian Procedure Calls Reference Manual. This manual describes the syntax for most
Guardian procedure calls. It is intended for system and application programmers.
• Guardian Native C Library Calls Reference Manual. This manual describes syntax and
semantics of the native C run-time library calls and header files for the Guardian environment.
This manual is intended for system and application programmers.
• Guardian TNS C Library Calls Reference Manual. This manual describes syntax and semantics
of the TNS C run-time library calls and header files for the Guardian environment. This manual
is intended for system and application programmers.
• Open System Services Library Calls Reference Manual. This manual describes syntax and
semantics of the C run-time library calls and header files for the OSS environment. This manual
is intended for system and application programmers.
• Open System Services Shell and Utilities Reference Manual. This manual presents rules and
syntax for each command that the user enters interactively to access the OSS command
interpreter (called the shell), and utilities and other functions that perform general-purpose
and program-development operations. It is written for all audiences: system administrators,
managers, and operators; end users; and application and system programmers.
• Open System Services System Calls Reference Manual. This manual describes all OSS system
calls (file system and kernel functions), their syntax, required external data structures, resulting
operations, and source file (header) locations for all literals and symbolic definitions. It is
written for application and system programmers.
The following are related user guides:
• Guardian User’s Guide. This guide provides basic information about the programs and utilities
that are used most often in the Guardian environment by general system and application
users. It also provides more detailed procedures for system operations, management, and
maintenance tasks that are useful to both beginning and experienced users of HP NonStop
systems.
• Open System Services User’s Guide. This guide provides basic orientation, tutorial, and task
information for using the OSS shell and utilities. It is written for all audiences: system
administrators, managers, and operators; end users; and application and system programmers.
Publishing History
Publication DateProduct VersionPart Number
February 2012N.A.520574-017
August 2012N.A.520574-018
February 2013N.A.520574-019
August 2013N.A.520574-020
February 2014N.A.520574-021
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