pgm — Apollo

SYSCALLS/PGM - program manager calls                      1985/05/01


Include files:

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


Procedures and Functions:

    PGM_$DEL_ARG (arg-number)
        Deletes a command line argument.

    PGM_$EXIT
        Exits from a program to its caller.

    arg-length = PGM_$GET_ARG (arg-number, argument, status, maxlen)
        Returns one argument from the command line.

    PGM_$GET_ARGS (argument-count, arg-vector-addr)
        Returns the address of the argument vector.

    PGM_$GET_EC (process-handle, process_key, eventcount_pointer, status)
        Gets an event count to wait for completion of a child process.

    PGM_$GET_PUID (process-handle, puid, status)
        Gets the process uid of a process.

    PGM_$INVOKE (pathname, namelength, arg-count, arg-vector, stream-count,
                 connection-vector, mode, process-handle, status)
        Invokes a program.

    PGM_$MAKE_ORPHAN (process-handle, puid, status)
        Changes a normal child process into an orphan process.

    PGM_$PROC_WAIT (process-handle, status)
        Waits for a process that has been created using PGM_$INVOKE to
        terminate and returns a completion status for the process.

    PGM_$SET_SEVERITY (severity-level)
        Sets the severity level for a program.
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