TN3270 Server Manual

ITI Communication Protocol

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WRITE [x] Procedure

A WRITE procedure adds communication characters to the text to be written, and then

writes the data to the device. WRITE procedures to the application process complete

immediately, advancing an internal line counter. If the new line count positions the next

line to be written at the bottom of the screen, the bottom of the screen wraps to the top.

filenumber

INT:value

is the number of the file to be written.

buffer

is the information to be written to the file.

write-count

INT:value

is the number of bytes to be written.

count-written

is for waited I/O operations only. count-written returns the number of bytes

written.

tag

INT(32):value

is for nowait I/O operations only. tag is a value that you specify which uniquely

identifies the operation associated with this WRITE[x] procedure.

CALL WRITE[x] (filenumber, buffer, write-count

[, count-written ] [, tag ])

INT .ref:* (For WRITE)

STRING .EXT:ref:* (For WRITE[x])

INT .ref:1 (for WRITE)

INT .EXT:ref:1 (for WRITE[x])