OpenVMS System Services Reference Manual

• $GETDVI system service
• $GETDVIW system service
• $GETJPI system service
• $GETJPIW system service
• $GETLKI system service
• $GETLKIW system service
• $GETMSG system service
• $GETQUI system service
• $GETQUIW system service
• $GETSYI system service
• $GETSYIW system service
• $GETTIM system service
• $GETUAI system service
• $GETUTC system service
• $GET_ALIGN_FAULT_DATA system service (Alpha only)
• $GET_ARITH_EXCEPTION system service (Alpha only)
• $GET_REGION_INFO system service (Alpha only)
  • description
• $GET_SECURITY system service
• $GET_SYS_ALIGN_FAULT_DATA system service (Alpha only)
• $GET_USER_CAPABILITY system service (Alpha only)
  • description
• Global demand-zero section
  • creating and mapping to
• Global disk file section
  • creating
  • creating and mapping
• Global DZRO section
  • creating
• Global page file
  • Create
• Global page file section
  • creating and mapping
• Global page frame section
  • creating and mapping
  • mapping
• Global section
  • mapping to
• Global section file
  • updating on disk (asynchronously)
  • updating on disk (synchronously)
• Global sections
  • creating
  • deleting
  • mapping #1
  • mapping #2
• $GOTO_UNWIND system service (Alpha only)
• $GRANTID system service

• $HASH_PASSWORD system service
• $HIBER system service
• Holder records
  • adding to rights database
  • modifying in rights database
  • removing from rights database
• Holders of an identifier
  • finding
• Host
  • checking availability of

• I/O channels
  • assigning
  • deassigning
• I/O devices
  • getting information asynchronously
  • getting information synchronously
• I/O requests
  • canceling
  • queuing asynchronously
  • queuing synchronously
• Identifier names
  • translating to identifier
• Identifiers
  • adding record to rights list
  • finding
  • modifying in rights database
  • removing from rights database
  • revoking from process
  • translating value to identifier name
• $IDTOASC system service
• IEEE floating-point control register
  • setting
• $IEEE_SET_FP_CONTROL system service (Alpha only)
• Image exit
• Image rundown
  • forcing
• Initializing a volume
  • from within a program
• $INIT_SYS_ALIGN_FAULT_REPORT system service
  • on Alpha systems only
• $INIT_VOL system service
• Intrusion records
  • deleting
• Intrusions
  • returning information about
  • scanning for
• $IO_CLEANUP system service (Alpha only)
  • description
• $IO_PERFORM system service (Alpha only)
  • description
• $IO_SETUP system service (Alpha only)
  • description

• Job controllers
  • asynchronous
  • synchronous
• Jobs
  • getting information asynchronously #1
  • getting information asynchronously #2
  • getting information synchronously #1
  • getting information synchronously #2

• Kernel mode
  • changing to #1
  • changing to #2

• $LCKPAG system service
• $LCKPAG_64 system service (Alpha only)
  • description
• $LKWSET system service
• $LKWSET_64 system service (Alpha only)
  • description
• Lock database
  • in an OpenVMS Cluster
• Lock requests
  • dequeuing
  • queuing asynchronously
  • queuing synchronously
• Locks
  • getting information asynchronously
  • getting information synchronously
• Logical name tables
  • creating
  • deleting
• Logical names
  • creating
  • deleting
  • getting information about
  • translating

• Magnetic tapes
  • initializing from within a program
• Mailboxes
  • assigning channel to
  • creating
  • deleting permanent #1
  • deleting permanent #2
  • deleting temporary
• Mapping disk file sections
• Memory
  • locking page into
  • unlocking page from
• Message symbols
• Messages
  • converting security message from binary to ASCII
  • filtering sensitive information
  • formatting and outputting
  • obtaining text of
  • sending to error logger
  • sending to one or more terminals #1
  • sending to one or more terminals #2
  • sending to operator
  • writing to terminal #1
  • writing to terminal #2
• $MGBLSC system service
• $MGBLSC_64 system service (Alpha only)
  • description
• $MGBLSC_GPFN_64 system service
  • description
• $MOD_HOLDER system service
• $MOD_IDENT system service
• $MOUNT system service
• $MTACCESS system service

• Notification ASTs
  • testing functionality of
• $NUMTIM system service

• Obsolete system services
• Opaque names
  • converting to string

• Page frame section
  • creating
• Page protection
  • setting
• Pages
  • locking into memory
  • locking into working set
  • removing from working set
  • setting protection
  • unlocking from memory
  • unlocking from working set
• $PARSE_ACL system service
• Passwords
  • returning hash value
• $PERM_DIS_ALIGN_FAULT_REPORT system service (Alpha only)
• $PERM_REPORT_ALIGN_FAULT system service (Alpha only)
• Persona
  • assuming
  • creating
  • deleting
• $PERSONA_ASSUME system service
• $PERSONA_CREATE system service
• $PERSONA_DELETE system service
• PID numbers
  • using with $GETJPI to return information about a process
• Power recovery
  • setting AST for
• Private disk file section
  • create and map
• Private page frame
  • create and map
• Privileges
  • checking
  • setting for process
• Process identification numbers
  • See PID numbers
• Process names
  • setting
  • specifying processes by
  • specifying processes with node name
• Process scan
• Process user capability set
  • modifying
• Processes
  • affecting scheduling of
  • avoiding preemption #1
  • avoiding preemption #2
  • creating
  • deleting
  • getting information asynchronously
  • getting information synchronously
  • hibernating
  • locating a subset of
  • rescheduling
  • resuming after suspension
  • scanning
  • scheduling wakeup for
  • setting default protection for
  • setting name of
  • setting priority of
  • setting privileges
  • setting stack limits
  • setting swap mode for
  • suspending
  • waiting for entire set of event flags
  • waiting for event flag to be set
  • waiting for one of set of event flags
  • waking
  • writing messages to
• $PROCESS_SCAN system service
• Program regions
  • adding page to
  • deleting page from
• Protection
  • of queues
  • setting for page
• Proxies
  • adding
  • deleting
  • displaying
  • modifying #1
  • modifying #2
  • showing
  • verifying
• $PURGE_WS system service (Alpha only)
  • description
• $PURGWS system service
  • See also $ADJWSL
• $PUTMSG system service

• $QIO system service
• $QIOW system service
• Queues
  • creating and managing asynchronously
  • creating and managing synchronously
  • getting information asynchronously
  • getting information synchronously
  • protection
  • types of

• $READEF system service
• Regions
  • creating virtual
  • deleting
• $RELEASE_VP system service (VAX only)
• $REM_HOLDER system service
• $REM_IDENT system service
• $RESCHED system service
• Resource wait mode
  • setting
• $RESTORE_VP_EXCEPTION system service (VAX only)
• $RESTORE_VP_STATE system service (VAX only)
• $RESUME system service
• $REVOKID system service
• Rights database context
  • terminating
• Rights databases
  • creating
• $RMSRUNDWN system service

• $SAVE_VP_EXCEPTION system service (VAX only)
• Scanning
  • for devices
  • intrusion database
• $SCAN_INTRUSION system service
• $SCHDWK system service
• $SCHED system service
• Section files
  • updating asynchronously
  • updating synchronously
• Sections
  • creating
  • deleting global
  • mapping
  • writing modifications to disk #1
  • writing modifications to disk #2
• Security
  • auditing events #1
  • auditing events #2
  • checking privileges #1
  • checking privileges #2
  • converting message from binary to ASCII
  • filtering sensitive message information
  • getting erase patterns
  • hashing passwords
  • modifying characteristics of an object
  • retrieving information about objects
• Security characteristics
  • modifying for an object
  • retrieving for an object
• $SETAST system service
• $SETCLUEVT system service (Alpha only)
• $SETDDIR system service
• $SETDFPROT system service
• $SETEF system service
• $SETEXV system service
• $SETIME system service
• $SETIMR system service
• $SETPRA system service
• $SETPRI system service
• $SETPRN system service
• $SETPRT system service
• $SETPRT_64 system service
  • description
• $SETPRV system service
• $SETRWM system service
• $SETSHLV system service
• $SETSTK system service
• $SETSWM system service
• $SETUAI system service
• $SETUP_AVOID_PREEMPT system service
• $SET_RESOURCE_DOMAIN system service
• $SET_SECURITY system service
• $SHOW_INTRUSION system service
• $SHOW_PROXY system service (VAX only)
• $SIGNAL_ARRAY_64 system service
• Simple names
  • converting to opaque
• $SNDERR system service
• $SNDJBC system service
• $SNDJBCW system service
• $SNDOPR system service
• Stack limit
  • changing size of
• Stack pointer
  • adjusting
• $START_ALIGN_FAULT_REPORT system service (Alpha only)
• $START_TRANS system service
• $START_TRANSW system service
• $STOP_ALIGN_FAULT_REPORT system service (Alpha only)
• $STOP_SYS_ALIGN_FAULT_REPORT system service (Alpha only)
• Strings
  • formatting output
  • searching for file specification in
• Subprocesses
  • creating
• $SUBSYSTEM system service
• $SUSPND system service
• $SYNCH system service
• SYS$ABORT_TRANS system service
• SYS$ABORT_TRANSW system service
• SYS$ADD_HOLDER system service
• SYS$ADD_IDENT system service
• SYS$ADD_PROXY system service
• SYS$ADJSTK system service
• SYS$ADJWSL system service
• SYS$ALLOC system service
• SYS$ASCEFC system service
• SYS$ASCTIM system service
• SYS$ASCTOID system service
• SYS$ASCUTC system service
• SYS$ASSIGN system service
• SYS$AUDIT_EVENT system service
• SYS$AUDIT_EVENTW system service
• SYS$AVOID_PREEMPT system service
• SYS$BINTIM system service
• SYS$BINUTC system service
• SYS$BRKTHRU system service
• SYS$BRKTHRUW system service
• SYS$CANCEL system service
• SYS$CANEXH system service
• SYS$CANTIM system service
• SYS$CANWAK system service
• SYS$CHECK_ACCESS system service
• SYS$CHECK_FEN system service
  • on Alpha systems only
• SYS$CHECK_PRIVILEGE system service
• SYS$CHECK_PRIVILEGEW system service
• SYS$CHKPRO system service
• SYS$CLRCLUEVT system service
  • on Alpha systems only
• SYS$CLREF system service
• SYS$CMEXEC system service
• SYS$CMEXEC_64 system service
• SYS$CMKRNL system service
• SYS$CMKRNL_64 system service
• SYS$CREATE_RDB system service
• SYS$CRELNM system service
• SYS$CRELNT system service
• SYS$CREMBX system service
• SYS$CREPRC system service
• SYS$CRETVA system service
  • See also SYS$EXPREG system service
• SYS$CRMPSC system service
• SYS$DACEFC system service
• SYS$DALLOC system service
• SYS$DASSGN system service
• SYS$DCLAST system service
• SYS$DCLCMH system service
• SYS$DCLEXH system service
• SYS$DELETE_INTRUSION system service
• SYS$DELETE_PROXY system service
• SYS$DELLNM system service
• SYS$DELMBX system service
• SYS$DELPRC system service
• SYS$DELTVA system service
• SYS$DEQ system service
• SYS$DEVICE_SCAN system service
• SYS$DGBLSC system service
• SYS$DISMOU system service
• SYS$DISPLAY_PROXY system service
• SYS$DLCEFC system service
• SYS$DNS system service
  • on VAX systems only
• SYS$DNSW system service
  • on VAX systems only
• SYS$END_TRANS system service
• SYS$END_TRANSW system service
• SYS$ENQ system service
• SYS$ENQW system service
• SYS$ERAPAT system service
• SYS$EXIT system service
  • issuing for specified process
• SYS$EXPREG system service
• SYS$FAO system service
• SYS$FAOL system service
• SYS$FILESCAN system service
• SYS$FIND_HELD system service
• SYS$FIND_HOLDER system service
• SYS$FINISH_RDB system service
• SYS$FORCEX system service
  • See also SYS$DELPRC system service
  • See also SYS$EXIT system service
• SYS$FORMAT_ACL system service
• SYS$FORMAT_AUDIT system service
• SYS$GETDVI system service
• SYS$GETDVIW system service
• SYS$GETJPI system service
• SYS$GETJPIW system service
• SYS$GETLKI system service
• SYS$GETLKIW system service
• SYS$GETMSG system service
• SYS$GETQUI system service
• SYS$GETQUIW system service
• SYS$GETSYI system service
• SYS$GETSYIW system service
• SYS$GETTIM system service
• SYS$GETUAI system service
• SYS$GETUTC system service
• SYS$GET_ALIGN_FAULT_DATA system service
  • on Alpha systems only
• SYS$GET_ARITH_EXCEPTION system service
  • on Alpha systems only
• SYS$GET_SECURITY system service
• SYS$GET_SYS_ALIGN_FAULT_DATA system service
  • on Alpha systems only
• SYS$GOTO_UNWIND system service
  • on Alpha systems only
• SYS$GRANTID system service
• SYS$HASH_PASSWORD system service
• SYS$HIBER system service
• SYS$IDTOASC system service
• SYS$IEEE_SET_FP_CONTROL system service
  • on Alpha systems only
• SYS$INIT_SYS_ALIGN_FAULT_REPORT system service
  • on Alpha systems only
• SYS$INIT_VOL system service
• SYS$LCKPAG system service
• SYS$LKWSET system service
• SYS$MGBLSC system service
• SYS$MOD_HOLDER system service
• SYS$MOD_IDENT system service
• SYS$MOUNT system service
• SYS$MTACCESS system service
• SYS$NUMTIM system service
• SYS$PARSE_ACL system service
• SYS$PERM_DIS_ALIGN_FAULT_REPORT system service
  • on Alpha systems only
• SYS$PERM_REPORT_ALIGN_FAULT system service
  • on Alpha systems only
• SYS$PERSONA_ASSUME system service
• SYS$PERSONA_CREATE system service
• SYS$PERSONA_DELETE system service
• SYS$PROCESS_SCAN system service
• SYS$PURGWS system service
  • See also $ADJWSL system service
• SYS$PUTMSG system service
• SYS$QIO system service
• SYS$QIOW system service
• SYS$READEF system service
• SYS$RELEASE_VP system service
  • on VAX systems only
• SYS$REM_HOLDER system service
• SYS$REM_IDENT system service
• SYS$RESCHED system service
• SYS$RESTORE_VP_EXCEPTION system service
  • on VAX systems only
• SYS$RESTORE_VP_STATE system service
  • on VAX systems only
• SYS$RESUME system service
• SYS$REVOKID system service
• SYS$RMSRUNDWN system service
• SYS$SAVE_VP_EXCEPTION system service
  • on VAX systems only
• SYS$SCAN_INTRUSION system service
• SYS$SCHDWK system service
• SYS$SCHED system service
• SYS$SETAST system service
• SYS$SETCLUEVT system service
  • on Alpha systems only
• SYS$SETDDIR system service
• SYS$SETDFPROT system service
• SYS$SETEF system service
• SYS$SETEXV system service
• SYS$SETIME system service
• SYS$SETIMR system service
• SYS$SETPRA system service
• SYS$SETPRI system service
• SYS$SETPRN system service
• SYS$SETPRT system service
• SYS$SETPRV system service
• SYS$SETRWM system service
• SYS$SETSHLV system service
• SYS$SETSTK system service
• SYS$SETSWM system service
• SYS$SETUAI system service
• SYS$SETUP_AVOID_PREEMPT system service
• SYS$SET_RESOURCE_DOMAIN system service
• SYS$SET_SECURITY system service
• SYS$SHOW_INTRUSION system service
• SYS$SHOW_PROXY system service
  • on VAX systems only
• SYS$SIGNAL_ARRAY_64 system service
• SYS$SNDERR system service
• SYS$SNDJBC system service
• SYS$SNDJBCW system service
• SYS$SNDOPR system service
• SYS$START_ALIGN_FAULT_REPORT system service
  • on Alpha systems only
• SYS$START_TRANS system service
• SYS$START_TRANSW system service
• SYS$STOP_ALIGN_FAULT_REPORT system service
  • on Alpha systems only
• SYS$STOP_SYS_ALIGN_FAULT_REPORT system service
  • on Alpha systems only
• SYS$SUBSYSTEM system service
• SYS$SUSPND system service
• SYS$SYNCH system service
• SYS$SYSTEM:LOGINOUT.EXE file
  • using as image to create new processes #1
  • using as image to create new processes #2
• SYS$TIMCON system service
• SYS$TRNLNM system service
• SYS$TSTCLUEVT system service
  • on Alpha systems only
• SYS$ULKPAG system service
• SYS$ULWSET system service
• SYS$UNWIND system service
• SYS$UPDSEC system service
• SYS$UPDSECW system service
• SYS$VERIFY_PROXY system service
• SYS$WAITFR system service
• SYS$WAKE system service
  • See also SYS$HIBER system service
• SYS$WFLAND system service
• SYS$WFLOR system service
• System alignment fault reporting
  • disabling for user image
• System services #1
• System services #2
• System services #3
• System services #4
  • Abort Transaction
  • Abort Transaction and Wait
  • Add Holder Record to Rights Database
  • Add Identifier to Rights Database
  • Add Proxy
  • Adjust Outer Mode Stack Pointer
  • Adjust Working Set Limit
  • Affect Process Scheduling
  • Allocate Device
  • Assign I/O Channel
  • Associate Common Event Flag Cluster
  • Assume Persona
  • Audit Event
  • Audit Event and Wait
  • Avoid Process Preemption
  • Breakthrough
  • Breakthrough and Wait
  • Cancel Exit Handler
  • Cancel I/O on Channel
  • Cancel Timer
  • Cancel Wakeup
  • Change to Executive Mode
    • with quadword argument list
  • Change to Kernel Mode #1
  • Change to Kernel Mode #2
  • Check Access
  • Check Access Protection
  • Check Floating Point (Alpha only)
  • Check Privilege
  • Check Privilege and Wait
  • checking completion status of
  • Clear Cluster Event (Alpha only)
  • Clear Event Flag
  • Convert ASCII String to Binary Time
  • Convert ASCII String to UTC Binary Time
  • Convert Binary Time to ASCII String
  • Convert Binary Time to Numeric Time
  • Convert UTC Time to Numeric Components
  • Convert UTC to ASCII
  • Create and Map a Global Disk File Section
  • Create and Map Global Page File Section
  • Create and Map Global Page Frame Section
  • Create and Map Private Disk File Section
  • Create and Map Private Page Frame Section
  • Create and Map Section
  • Create and Map to Global DZRO Section
• System Services
  • Create Buffer Object
• System services
  • Create Logical Name
  • Create Logical Name Table
  • Create Mailbox and Assign Channel
  • Create Permanent Global Disk File Section
  • Create Permanent Global DZRO Section
  • Create Permanent Global Page File Section
  • Create Permanent Global Page Frame Section
  • Create Persona
  • Create Process
  • Create Rights Database
  • Create User Profile
  • Create Virtual Address Space #1
  • Create Virtual Address Space #2
  • Create Virtual Region
  • Deallocate Device
  • Deassign I/O Channel
  • Declare AST
  • Declare Change Mode or Compatibility Mode Handler
  • Declare Exit Handler
  • Delete a Virtual Region
  • Delete Buffer Object
  • Delete Common Event Flag Cluster
  • Delete Global Section
  • Delete Intrusion Records
  • Delete Logical Name
  • Delete Mailbox
  • Delete or Modify Proxy
  • Delete Persona
  • Delete Process
  • Delete Virtual Address Space #1
  • Delete Virtual Address Space #2
  • Dequeue Lock Request
  • Disable Alignment Fault Reporting (Alpha only)
  • Disassociate Common Event Flag Cluster
  • Dismount Volume
  • Display Proxy Information
  • Distributed Name Service (DNS) Clerk (VAX only) #1
  • Distributed Name Service (DNS) Clerk (VAX only) #2
  • End Transaction
  • End Transaction and Wait
  • Enqueue Lock Request
  • Enqueue Lock Request and Wait
  • Exit
  • Expand Program/Control Region
  • Expand Virtual Address Space
  • Find Holder of Identifier
  • Find Identifiers Held by User
  • Force Exit
  • Format Access Control List Entry
  • Format Security Audit Event Message
  • Formatted ASCI Output with List Parameter for 64-Bit Memory
  • Formatted ASCII Output Services
  • Get Alignment Fault Data (Alpha only)
  • Get Arithmetic Exception Information (Alpha only)
  • Get Device/Volume Information
  • Get Device/Volume Information and Wait
  • Get Information About a Specified Virtual Region
  • Get Job/Process Information
  • Get Job/Process Information and Wait
  • Get Lock Information
  • Get Lock Information and Wait
  • Get Message
  • Get Queue Information
  • Get Queue Information and Wait
  • Get Security Characteristics
  • Get Security Erase Pattern
  • Get System Alignment Fault Data (Alpha only)
  • Get Systemwide Information
  • Get Systemwide Information and Wait
  • Get Time
  • Get User Authorization Information
  • Get UTC Time
  • Grant Identifier to Process
  • Hash Password
  • Hibernate
  • Initialize System Alignment Fault Reporting (Alpha only)
  • Initialize Volume
  • Lock Pages in Memory #1
  • Lock Pages in Memory #2
  • Lock Pages in Working Set #1
  • Lock Pages in Working Set #2
  • Magnetic Tape Accessibility
  • Map Global Page Frame Section
  • Map Global Section
  • Map to Global Section
  • Modify CPU User Capabilities
  • Modify Holder Record in Rights Database
  • Modify Identifier in Rights Database
  • Modify Process Affinity
  • Modify Process Implicit Affinity
  • Modify Process User Capabilities
  • Mount Volume
  • obsolete
  • Parse Access Control List Entry
  • Process Scan
  • Purge Working Set #1
  • Purge Working Set #2
  • Put Message
  • Queue I/O Request
  • Queue I/O Request and Wait
  • Read Event Flags
  • Release a user capability
  • Release Vector Processor (VAX only)
  • Remove Holder Record from Rights Database
  • Remove Identifier from Rights Database
  • Report Alignment Fault (Alpha only)
  • Reschedule Process
  • Reserve a User Capability
  • Restore Vector Processor Exception State (VAX only)
  • Restore Vector State (VAX only)
  • Resume Process
  • Revoke Identifier from Process
  • RMS Rundown
  • Save Vector Processor Exception State (VAX only)
  • Scan for Devices
  • Scan Intrusion Database
  • Scan String for File Specification
  • Schedule Wakeup
  • Send Message to Error Logger
  • Send Message to Operator
  • Send to Job Controller
  • Send to Job Controller and Wait
  • Set AST Enable
  • Set Automatic Unshelving
  • Set Cluster Event (Alpha only)
  • Set Default Directory
  • Set Default File Protection
  • Set Event Flag
  • Set Exception Vector
  • Set IEEE Floating-Point Control Register (Alpha only)
  • Set Power Recovery AST
  • Set Priority
  • Set Privileges
  • Set Process Name
  • Set Process Swap Mode
  • Set Protection on Pages #1
  • Set Protection on Pages #2
  • Set Resource Domain
  • Set Resource Wait Mode
  • Set Security
  • Set Stack Limits
  • Set System Time
  • Set Timer
  • Set User Authorization Information
  • Setup for Process Preemption Avoidance
  • Show Intrusion Information
  • Show Proxy (VAX only)
  • Signal Array
  • Start Alignment Fault Reporting (Alpha only)
  • Start Transaction
  • Start Transaction and Wait
  • Stop Alignment Fault Reporting (Alpha only)
  • Stop System Alignment Fault Reporting (Alpha only)
  • Subsystem
  • Suspend Process
  • Synchronize
  • Terminate Rights Database Context
  • Test Cluster Event (Alpha only)
  • Time Converter
  • Translate Identifier Name to Identifier
  • Translate Identifier to Identifier Name
  • Translate Logical Name
  • Unlock Pages from Memory #1
  • Unlock Pages from Memory #2
  • Unlock Pages from Working Set
  • Unlock Pages in Working Set
  • Unwind Call Stack
  • Unwind Call Stack (Alpha only)
  • Update Global Section File on Disk
  • Update Global Section File on Disk and Wait
  • Update Section File on Disk
  • Update Section File on Disk and Wait
  • Verify Proxy
  • Wait for Logical AND of Event Flags
  • Wait for Logical OR of Event Flags
  • Wait for Single Event Flag
  • Wake Process from Hibernation
• System time
  • converting 64-bit time to UTC time
  • setting
• Systems
  • getting information asynchronously
  • getting information synchronously

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