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

IPCFS. [CALLI 143]
22.74 IPCFS. [CALLI 143]
FUNCTION
Sends an IPCF packet to the specified process.
By giving the receiver's PIO as the PIO of [SYSTEM] INFO or
[SYSTEM] IPCC, you can obtain information from the IPCF facility itself
(see Chapter 7) .
CALLING SEQUENCE
MOVE ac, [XWO len,addr]
IPCFS. ac,
error return
skip return
addr:
addr2:
flags
sender's PIO
receiver's PIO
XWO len,addr2
message-word-O
message-word-(len-1)
In the calling sequence, the program suppies the following variables:
o len is the length of the packet header block. The length of
this block must be equal to or greater than 4 or the monitor
returns error code 2 (IPCNL%) in the ac.
o
o
o
o
addr is the address of the packet header block.
flags is the flag word in the packet header block.
sender's PIO is Word 1 of the packet header block.
receiver's PIO is Word 2 in the packet header block.
o len2 is the length of the packet message block. When sending
ashort-form message, this value should not exceed 12 octal.
The limit may be GETTABed in %IPCML.
o
o
addr2 is the address of the packet message block.
message-word-O through message-word-n are the words making up
the packet message block. Refer to Chapter 7 for more
information.
SKIP RETURN
On a skip return, the ac is unchanged and the packet described by the
packet header block at-addr has been placed in the intended receiver's
queue.
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