Arguments

 

source-string

   OpenVMS usage:char_string
   type:         character string
   access:       read only
   mechanism:    by descriptor

   Source string to be copied to the common area by LIB$PUT_COMMON.
   The source-string argument is the address of a descriptor
   pointing to this source string.
 

resultant-length

   OpenVMS usage:word_unsigned
   type:         word (unsigned)
   access:       write only
   mechanism:    by reference

   Number of characters copied by LIB$PUT_COMMON to the common area.
   The resultant-length argument is the address of an unsigned word
   integer that contains this number of characters. LIB$PUT_COMMON
   writes this number into the resultant-length argument.