VMS Help SMB Routines, SMB$SEND_TO_JOBCTL, Arguments  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

 stream

    OpenVMS usage:longword_unsigned
    type:         longword (unsigned)
    access:       read only
    mechanism:    by reference
    Stream number specifying the stream to which the message refers.
    The stream argument is the address of a longword containing the
    number of the stream to which the message refers.

 request

    OpenVMS usage:identifier
    type:         longword (unsigned)
    access:       read only
    mechanism:    by reference
    Request code identifying the request being completed. The request
    argument is the address of a longword containing the code that
    identifies the request that has been completed.

    The code usually corresponds to the code the job controller
    passed to the symbiont by means of a call to SMB$READ_MESSAGE.
    But the symbiont can also initiate task-completion and task-
    status messages that are not in response to a request. (See the
    Description section.)

 accounting

    OpenVMS usage:char_string
    type:         character string
    access:       read only
    mechanism:    by descriptor
    Accounting information about a task. The accounting argument
    is the address of a descriptor pointing to the accounting
    information about a task. Note that this structure is passed
    by descriptor and not by reference.

    The job controller accumulates task statistics into a job-
    accounting record, which it writes to the accounting file when
    the job is completed.

    The following diagram depicts the contents of the 16-byte
    structure:

 checkpoint

    OpenVMS usage:char_string
    type:         character string
    access:       read only
    mechanism:    by descriptor
    Checkpoint data about the currently executing task. The
    checkpoint argument is the address of the descriptor that points
    to checkpointing information that relates to the status of
    a task. When the symbiont sends this information to the job
    controller, the job controller saves it in the queue database.
    When a restart-from-checkpoint request is executed for the queue,
    the job controller retrieves the checkpointing information from
    the queue database and sends it to the symbiont in the SMBMSG$K_
    CHECKPOINT_DATA item that accompanies a SMBMSG$K_START_TASK
    request.

    Print symbionts can use the checkpointing information to
    reposition the input file to the point corresponding to the page
    being output when the last checkpoint was taken. Other symbionts
    might use checkpoint information to specify restart information
    for partially completed tasks.

                                   NOTE

       Because each checkpoint causes information to be written
       into the job controller's queue database, taking a
       checkpoint incurs significant overhead. Use caution in
       regard to the size and frequency of checkpoints. When
       determining how often to checkpoint, weigh processor and
       file-system overhead against the convenience of restarting.

 device_status

    OpenVMS usage:longword_unsigned
    type:         longword (unsigned)
    access:       read only
    mechanism:    by reference
    Status of the device served by the symbiont. The device_
    status argument is the address of a longword passed to the job
    controller, which contains the status of the device to which the
    symbiont is connected.

    This longword contains a longword bit vector, each bit of which
    specifies device-status information. Each programming language
    provides an appropriate mechanism for defining these device-
    status bits. The following table describes each bit:

    Device Status Bit    Description

    SMBMSG$V_LOWERCASE   The device to which the symbiont is
                         connected supports lowercase characters.
    SMBMSG$V_PAUSE_      The symbiont sends this message to inform
    TASK                 the job controller that the symbiont has
                         paused on its own initiative.
    SMBMSG$V_REMOTE      The device is connected to the symbiont by
                         means of a modem.
    SMBMSG$V_SERVER      The symbiont is not connected to a device.
    SMBMSG$V_STALLED     Symbiont processing is temporarily stalled.
    SMBMSG$V_STOP_       The symbiont requests that the job
    STREAM               controller stop the queue.
    SMBMSG$V_TERMINAL    The symbiont is connected to a terminal.
    SMBMSG$V_            The device to which the symbiont is
    UNAVAILABLE          connected is not available.

 error

    OpenVMS usage:vector_longword_unsigned
    type:         longword (unsigned)
    access:       read only
    mechanism:    by reference
    Condition codes returned by the requested task. The error
    argument is the address of a vector of longword condition codes.
    The first longword contains the number of longwords following it.

    If the low bit of the first condition code is clear, the job
    controller aborts further processing of the job. Output of
    any remaining files, copies of files, or copies of the job is
    canceled. In addition, the job controller saves up to three
    condition values in the queue database. The first condition value
    is included in the job-accounting record that is written to the
    system's accounting file (SYS$MANAGER:ACCOUNTNG.DAT).