TACL Reference Manual

Built-In Functions and Variables

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#CREATEREMOTENAME Built-In Function

Use #CREATEREMOTENAME to create a unique process name not in use on the

specified system. This function invokes the CREATEREMOTENAME operating system

procedure.

\node-name

is the name of an available system to be checked for processes in use.

Result

#CREATEREMOTENAME returns a unique, unused process name in one of the forms

$Xnnn, $Ynnn, or $Zxxx, where n is any numeric character and x is any alphanumeric

character. If \node-name does not exist, TACL returns an error. If \node-name is the

name of the local system, #CREATEREMOTENAME returns a process name for the

local system.

#CREATEREMOTENAME \node-name