The Put Line to SYS$OUTPUT routine writes a record to the current controlling output device, specified by SYS$OUTPUT using the OpenVMS RMS $PUT service. Format LIB$PUT_OUTPUT message-string
1 – Returns
OpenVMS usage:cond_value type: longword (unsigned) access: write only mechanism: by value
2 – Argument
message-string OpenVMS usage:char_string type: character string access: read only mechanism: by descriptor Message string written to the current controlling output device by LIB$PUT_OUTPUT. The message-string argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to this message string. RMS handles all formatting, so the message does not need to include such ASCII formatting instructions as carriage return (CR).