The Free service unlocks all records that were previously locked for the record stream. RAB64 USERS (ALPHA ONLY) On Alpha systems, RAB64 can replace the RAB or RAB prefix wherever it is used with the Free service on OpenVMS Alpha systems. Format SYS$FREE rab [,[err] [,suc]]
1 – Returns
OpenVMS usage:cond_value type: longword access: write only mechanism: by value The value is returned in symbolic offset RAB$L_STS. Symbolic offset RAB$L_STV may contain additional status information.
2 – Arguments
rab OpenVMS usage:rab type: longword (unsigned) access: modify mechanism: by reference RAB control block whose contents are to be used as indirect arguments for the Free service call. The rab argument is the address of the RAB control block. err OpenVMS usage:ast_procedure type: procedure value access: call without stack unwinding mechanism: by reference AST-level error completion routine that the service invokes if the operation is unsuccessful. The err argument is the address of the entry mask of this user-written completion routine. suc OpenVMS usage:ast_procedure type: procedure value access: call without stack unwinding mechanism: by reference AST-level success completion routine that the service invokes if the operation is successful. The suc argument is the address of the entry mask of this user-written completion routine.
3 – Condition Values Returned
The following condition values can be returned. Use the Help Message utility to access online message descriptions.