Tornado

C
Tornado Tools Reference
period( )
NAME
period() – spawn a task to call a function periodically
C
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURNS
SEE ALSO
int period
(
int secs, /* period in seconds */
FUNCPTR func, /* function to call repeatedly */
int arg1, /* first of eight args to pass to func */
int arg2,
int arg3,
int arg4,
int arg5,
int arg6,
int arg7,
int arg8
)
This command spawns a task that repeatedly calls a specified target-resident function,
with up to eight of its arguments, delaying the specified number of seconds between calls.
NOTE: The task is spawned using the sp( ) command. See the description of sp( ) for
details about priority, options, stack size, and task ID.
A task ID, or ERROR if the task cannot be spawned.
windsh, sp(), Tornado User’s Guide: Shell
printErrno( )
NAME
printErrno() – print the definition of a specified error status value
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
void printErrno
(
int errNo /* status code whose name is to be printed */
)
This command displays the error-status string, corresponding to a specified error-status
value. It is only useful if the error-status symbol table has been built and included in the
system. An errNo equal to zero will display the error number set by the last function called
from WindSh.
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