TOPS-10 Monitor Calls Manual Volume 2 AA-K039D ... - Trailing-Edge

GETLIN [CALLI 34]
22.51 GETLIN [CALLI 34]
FUNCTION
Returns the SIXBIT monitor-assigned name of the terminal attached to
your job.
CALLING SEQUENCE
GETLIN
return
ac,
RETURN
The SIXBIT name of the terminal is in"the ac, left-justified, in the
form TTYnnn, where nnn is the dynamic terminal number associated with
your job's terminal.---
If your job is not attached to any terminal, the ac contains:
XWD
O,'nnn'
In this format, nnn is the right half of the name of the terminal to
which your job was-last attached '(that is, nnn in TTYnnn)
EXAMPLES
GETLIN T1, ;Get terminal name
TLNN T1,-1 ; Job detached?
JRST NOTTY ;Yes
;No
This sequence gets the name of the terminal for the job and checks
whether the job is currently detached.
COMMON PROGRAMMING ERRORS
Omitting the comma after the ac.
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