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COMMUNICATION - Short Reference

Reference

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax

COMMUNICATION { {INIT DESTINATION dest} 
              | {ALLOCATE} 

              | {ACCEPT} 
 
            | {SEND BUFFER buf} 
 
            | {RECEIVE BUFFER buf DATAINFO dat STATUSINFO stat} 

              | {DEALLOCATE} } ID id 

              [RETURNCODE rc] 

              [LENGTH leng] 

              [RECEIVED rec] 
              [HOLD].

Effect

Obsolete

Additions

• INIT DESTINATION dest
  Initializes a connection dest.
• ALLOCATE
  Establishes a connection.
• ACCEPT
  Accepts a connection.
• SEND BUFFER buf
  Sends data in buf.
• RECEIVE BUFFER buf DATAINFO dat STATUSINFO stat
  Receives data in buf and status information in dat and stat.
• DEALLOCATE
  Terminates a connection.
• RETURNCODE rc
  Receives a return value in rc.
• LENGTH leng
  Restricts the length of sent or received data to leng.
• RECEIVED rec
  Returns the number of received bytes in rec.
• HOLD
  Prevents the internal session being changed during the receiving process.