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storage unless deleted. RESIDENT programs must be at least
quasireentrant. Any program of PROGRAM_TYPE SHARED
has the RESIDENT attribute by default. The
DELETE_PROGRAM call has no effect on this type of
RESIDENT program.
REUSABLE
Similar to RESIDENT, except that a REUSABLE program that is
not in use can be removed from storage by CICS, for storage
optimization reasons.
TRANSIENT
Similar to RESIDENT, except that a TRANSIENT program is
removed from storage as soon as its use count drops to zero.
PROGRAM_LENGTH(name4 | (Rn))
returns the length of the named program.
name4
The name of a 4-byte location that is to receive the length in bytes,
expressed in binary
(Rn) A register to contain the length in bytes, expressed in binary.
PROGRAM_NAME(name8 | string | "string")
specifies the name of the program to be acquired.
name8
The name of a location containing an 8-byte program name.
string A string of characters naming the program.
"string"
A string in quotation marks. The string length is set to 8 by padding with
blanks or truncating.
PROGRAM_TOKEN(name4),
specifies a token identifying the program whose details are to be acquired.
name4
The name of a location containing a 4-byte token obtained by a
previous DEFINE_PROGRAM or ACQUIRE_PROGRAM call.
SUSPEND(NO|YES)
specifies whether execution is to be suspended until the request can be
granted.
RESPONSE and REASON values for ACQUIRE_PROGRAM:
RESPONSE REASON
OK None
EXCEPTION NO_STORAGE
PROGRAM_NOT_DEFINED
PROGRAM_NOT_FOUND
DISASTER None
INVALID None
KERNERROR None
PURGED None
Notes:
1. For more detail, refer to the explanation of RESPONSE and REASON in
“General form of an XPI call” on page 286.
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