TN3270e Server Manual

ITI Communication Protocol

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READ[x] Procedure

A READ procedure causes the blocks received by the TN3270e server to be collected

and stripped of any communication control characters. When the final block is

received, the READ request is completed to the application process with text only.

filenumber

INT:value

is the number of the file to be read.

buffer

is an array in the application process to which the information read from the file is

returned.

read-count

INT:value

is the number of bytes to be read.

count-read

is for waited I/O operations only. It shows the number of bytes returned from the

file to buffer.

tag

INT(32):value

is for nowait I/O operations only. tag is a value you define that uniquely identifies

the operation associated with this READ[x] procedure.

CALL READ[x] (filenumber, buffer, read-count [, count-read ]

[, tag ])

INT .ref:* (for READ)

STRING .EXT:ref:* (for READ[x])

INT .ref:1 (for READ)

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