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SYSCALLS/MTS - magtape/streams interface package                1985/04/30


Include files:

     Fortran:    /sys/ins/mts.ins.ftn
     Pascal:     /sys/ins/mts.ins.pas


Procedures and Functions:

    MTS_$CLOSE_DESC (handle, update, status)
        Closes a magtape descriptor file.

    handle = MTS_$COPY_DESC (src-pathname, src-namelen, dst-pathname,
                             dst-namelen, status)
        Copies a magtape descriptor file and opens the destination file.

    handle = MTS_$CREATE_DEFAULT_DESC (pathname, namelen, status)
        Creates a magtape descriptor file with the default volume and
        file attributes.

    MTS_$GET_ATTR (handle, attribute, value, status)
        Retrieves a given attribute from a magtape descriptor file.

    MTS_$LABEL (pathname, namelen, status)
        Labels the magtape volume described by the given magtape
        descriptor file.

    handle = MTS_$OPEN_DESC (pathname, namelen, read-write, status)
        Opens the specified magtape descriptor file and returns a
        pointer to it.

    MTS_$SET_ATTR (handle, attribute, value, status)
        Sets an attribute within the specified magtape descriptor file.

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