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RTL Routines, PPL$, PPL$INDEX_TO_PID
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The Convert Participant Index to OpenVMS PID routine returns the
OpenVMS PID of the process associated with the specified index.
Format
PPL$INDEX_TO_PID participant-index ,pid
participant-index
OpenVMS usage longword_unsigned
type longword (unsigned)
access read only
mechanism by reference
Index of the caller within this application. The participant-
index argument is the address of an unsigned longword that
contains this index. Participant-index is assigned at process
creation time and is unique for each participant.
pid
OpenVMS usage longword_unsigned
type longword (unsigned)
access write only
mechanism by reference
PID (process identifier) of the OpenVMS process associated with
the specified participant-index. The pid argument is the address
of an unsigned longword that receives this PID.