Arguments

 

name-string

   OpenVMS usage char_string
   type          character string
   access        read only
   mechanism     by descriptor
   The user-supplied string to be appended by the 'TOP' processes'
   PID. When combined, they will provide a name unique to this
   application.
 

resultant-string

   OpenVMS usage char_string
   type          character string
   access        write only
   mechanism     by descriptor
   Resulting unique name. The resultant-string argument is the
   address of a descriptor pointing to a character string containing
   this name. Resultant-string consists of the name-string string
   and an appended system-unique string.
 

resultant-length

   OpenVMS usage word_unsigned
   type          word (unsigned)
   access        write only
   mechanism     by reference
   Length of the unique name returned as the resultant-string. The
   resultant-length argument is the address of an unsigned word
   containing this length.
 

flags

   OpenVMS usage word_unsigned
   type          longword (unsigned)
   access        write only
   mechanism     by reference
   Specifies whether the supplied name should be unique to the
   application, to the calling process, or to this particular call.
   The default is application-unique. The valid values for flags are
   as follows:

   PPL$M_PROC_UNIQUE  Indicates that the caller wishes the returned
                      name to be unique to the calling process.
   PPL$M_CALL_UNIQUE  Indicates that the caller wishes the returned
                      name to be unique to this particular call.