$ASSIGN

   Provides a process with an I/O channel so input/output operations
   can be performed on a device, or establishes a logical link with
   a remote node on a network.

   On Alpha and Integrity server systems, this service accepts 64-
   bit addresses.

   Format

     SYS$ASSIGN  devnam ,chan ,[acmode] ,[mbxnam] ,[flags]

   C Prototype

     int sys$assign  (void *devnam, unsigned short int *chan,

                     unsigned int acmode, void *mbxnam,...);
 

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