VMS Help RTL Routines, DNS$, DNS$CVT_TO_USERNAME_STRING  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    The Convert an Opaque User Name to a String routine converts an
    opaque DECnet Phase IV user name into a username string.

    Format

      DNS$CVT_TO_USERNAME_STRING

        fullname ,username ,resulting-length

    Arguments

 fullname
    OpenVMS Usage: char_string
    type:          character string
    access:        read only
    mechanism:     by descriptor

    The opaque full name for the DECnet Phase IV user name. The
    fullname argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to the
    name.

 username
    OpenVMS Usage: char_string
    type:          character string
    access:        write only
    mechanism:     by descriptor

    The name converted to DECnet Phase IV format (node::user). The
    username argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to a
    buffer containing the converted name.

 resulting-length
    OpenVMS Usage: word_unsigned
    type:          word (unsigned)
    access:        write only
    mechanism:     by reference

    The length of the converted user name. The resulting-length
    argument is the address of a word containing the length.