Arguments and Item Types
Arguments to the subroutines can represent different types of items. Table 1-3 lists some of the most common items and the VOS Pascal data type used for such items.
Table 1-3. Data Types of Most Common Arguments
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Item
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Data Type
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path names
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string(256)
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object names
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string(32)
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object identifiers
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short or integer
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time intervals:
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for seconds, or units of 1/1024 of a second
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integer
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for units of 1/65,536 of a second (jiffies)
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error codes
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short
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switches
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short
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