Technical data

Programming Features
5.16 System Services
5.16 System Services
The following table describes new and updated system services for OpenVMS
Version 7.3.
For additional information, refer to the OpenVMS System Services Reference
Manual.
System Service Documentation Update
$CHECK_PRIVILEGES The description of the ’prvadr’ argument has been updated.
$CLRAST This service has been documented for Version 7.3.
$DCLEXH The description has been updated, and a BASIC example
has been added.
$DELETE_INTRUSION This service has been updated in support of Clusterwide
Intrusion.
$DEVICE_PATH_SCAN This is a new service in support of Multipath.
$DISMOU The following item codes have been added: DMT$M_
MINICOPY_REQUIRED, DMT$M_MINICOPY_
OPTIONAL, and DMT$M_FORCE.
$EXPREG The text for condition value, SS$_ILLPAGCNT, has been
updated.
$GETDVI The item codes, MT3_DENSITY and MT3_SUPPORTED,
have been added.
The item codes, DVI$_FC_NODE_NAME, DVI$_FC_PORT_
NAME, and DVI$_WWID, have been added.
The description for the DVI$_MOUNTCNT item code has
been updated.
$GETJPI The following item codes have been added: JPI$_RMS_
DFMBC, JPI$_RMS_DFMBFIDX, JPI$_RMS_DFMBFREL,
JPI$_RMS_DFMBFSDK, JPI$_RMS_DFMBFSMT, JPI$_
RMS_DFMBFSUR, JPI$_RMS_DFNBC, JPI$_RMS_
EXTEND_SIZE, JPI$_RMS_FILEPROT, and JPI$_RMS_
PROLOGUE.
The following item codes have been added for Multithreads
support: JPI$_INITIAL_THREAD_PID, JPI$_KT_COUNT,
JPI$_MULTITHREAD, and JPI$_THREAD_INDEX.
The code example has been updated for VAX and Alpha
usage.
$GETRMI This is a new service in support of Performance API.
$GETQUI The item code, QUI$V_JOB_REQUEUE, has been added.
$GETSYI The item code, SYI$_SERIAL_NUMBER, has been added.
$IO_PERFORM The ’porint’ argument in the format section has been
changed to ’devdata, to match the C prototype.
$MGBLSC The text for the ’inadr’ argument has been updated, and
the SS$_INVARG condition value has been added.
$MOUNT The following item codes have been added: MNT$M_
MINICOPY_OPTIONAL, MNT$M_MINICOPY_
REQUIRED, MNT$M_REQUIRE_MEMBERS, and
MNT$M_VERIFY_LABELS.
$PERSONA_QUERY Tables for Common, General, and NT item codes have been
added.
Programming Features 5–27