01/30/89 translator_info_ The translator_info_ subroutine contains utility routines needed by the various system translators. They are centralized here to avoid repetitions in each of the individual translators. Entry points in translator_info_: (List is generated by the help command) :Entry: get_source_info: 07/21/83 translator_info_$get_source_info Function: This entry point returns the information about a specified source segment that is needed for the standard object segment: storage system location, date-time last modified, unique ID. Syntax: declare translator_info_$get_source_info entry (ptr, char(*), char(*), fixed bin(71), bit(36) aligned, fixed bin(35)); call translator_info_$get_source_info entry (source_ptr, dir_name, entryname, date_time_mod, unique_id, code); Arguments: source_ptr is a pointer to the source segment about which information is desired. (Input) dir_name is a pathname of the directory in which the source segment is located. (Output) entryname is the primary name of the source segment. (Output) date_time_mod is the date-time modified of the source segment as obtained from the storage system. (Output) unique_id is the unique ID of the source segment as obtained from the storage system. (Output) code is a storage system status code. (Output) Notes on status code: A status code of zero indicates that all information has been returned normally. A nonzero status code returned by this entry is a storage system status code. Because the interface to this procedure is a pointer to the source segment, the presence of a nonzero status code probably indicates that the storage system entry for the source segment has been altered since the segment was initiated, i.e., the segment has been deleted, or this process no longer has access to the segment. Notes: The entryname returned by this procedure is the primary name on the source segment. It is not necessarily the same name as that by which the translator initiated it. :Entry: component_get_source_info: 01/30/88 translator_info_$component_get_source_info Function: This entry point returns the information about a specified source program that is needed for the standard object program: storage system location, date-time last modified, unique ID. Syntax: declare translator_info_$component_get_source_info entry (ptr, char(*), char(*), char(*), fixed bin(71), bit(36) aligned, fixed bin(35)); call translator_info_$component_get_source_info (source_ptr, dir_name, entry_name, component_name, date_time_mod, unique_id, code); Arguments: source_ptr is a pointer to the source program about which information is desired. (Input) dir_name is a pathname of the directory in which the source segment is located. (Output) entry_name is the primary name of the source segment. (Output) component_name is the name of the archive component. If the source program is not a component of an archive, then this value is null "". (Output) date_time_mod is the date_time modified of the source program as obtained from the storage system. (Output) unique_id is the unique ID of the source segment as obtained from the storage system. (Output) code is a storage system status code. (Output) Notes on status code: A status code of zero indicates that all information has been returned normally. A nonzero status code returned by this entry is a storage system status code. Because the interface to this procedure is a pointer to the source program, the presence of a nonzero status code probably indicates that the storage system entry for the source segment has been altered since the segment was initiated, i.e., the segment has been deleted, or this process no longer has access to the segment. Notes: The entryname returned by this procedure is the primary name on the source segment. 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