MPE/iX Intrinsics Reference Manual (32650-90875)

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Command Definitions (MAIL-PUTJCW)
PROCINFO
3 I16 Number of children of the process specified by pin .
If the calling process is executing in privileged mode, requests for
information are honored for any process. Otherwise, requests are
honored as follows:
1. Complete information is returned for children of the calling process.
2. Information returned for descendants below children (grandchildren,
great-grandchildren, and so on) and processes directly above the
calling process is limited to itemnum s 2 through 7, 10, and 12 only.
Process handling capability is required for any user mode call unless
the calling process is requesting information about itself.
4 I16 Number of descendants (children, grandchildren, and so on) of the
process specified by pin .
If the calling process is executing in privileged mode, requests for
information are honored for any process. Otherwise, requests are
honored as follows:
1. Complete information is returned for children of the calling process.
2. Information returned for descendants below children (grandchildren,
great-grandchildren, and so on) and processes directly above the
calling process is limited to itemnum s 2 through 7, 10, and 12 only.
Process handling capability is required for any user mode call unless
the calling process is requesting information about itself.
5 I16 Number of generations (number of levels in the process tree
substructure), including itself, of the process specified by pin .
If the calling process is executing in privileged mode, requests for
information are honored for any process. Otherwise, requests are
honored as follows:
1. Complete information is returned for children of the calling process.
2. Information returned for descendants below children (grandchildren,
great-grandchildren, and so on) and processes directly above the
calling process is limited to itemnum s 2 through 7, 10, and 12 only.
Process handling capability is required for any user mode call unless
the calling process is requesting information about itself.
Table 9-2. PROCINFO Itemnum/Item Values
Itemnum Mnemonic Item Description