Arguments

 

section-name

   OpenVMS usage char_string
   type          character string
   access        read only
   mechanism     by descriptor
   Name of the global section whose contents are to be written to
   disk. The section-name argument is the address of a descriptor
   pointing to a character string containing the global section
   name.
 

memory-area

   OpenVMS usage vector_longword_unsigned
   type          longword (unsigned)
   access        read only
   mechanism     by reference, array reference
   The area of memory into which the specified global section
   is mapped. The memory-area argument is the address of a two-
   longword array containing, in order, the length (in bytes) and
   the starting virtual address for the area of memory.
 

flags

   OpenVMS usage mask_longword
   type          longword (unsigned)
   access        read only
   mechanism     by reference
   Bit mask specifying actions to perform before flushing the global
   section. The flags argument is the address of a longword bit mask
   containing the flag. The valid value for flags is as follows:

   PPL$M_NOUNI   Identifies the global section as having a nonunique
                 name. By default, PPL$CREATE_SHARED_MEMORY gives
                 the specified global section a name unique to
                 the application by using PPL$UNIQUE_NAME. If you
                 specified this value to give the global section a
                 nonunique name when you called PPL$CREATE_SHARED_
                 MEMORY, you must also specify it when you call
                 PPL$FLUSH_SHARED_MEMORY.