Enter, delete or retrieve a mnemonic name
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| CALL CDNAME (PATH,NW,CHTAG,CHOPT,IRC*) |
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- PATH
- Character string specifying the directory path
name in which the alias is returned (option R)
- NW
- Integer variable specifying the number of
significant elements of CHTAG
- CHTAG
- Character array of significant length NW
containing the mnemonic names for each element of objects stored in the
directory PATH
- CHOPT
- Character variable specifying the options
required.
- 'D'
- Delete the current mnemonic name definitions for
the specified path name ( CHTAG are ignored).
- 'R'
- Return the current mnemonic name definitions in
CHTAG
- 'P'
- Print the current mnemonic name definitions for
objects stored in the directory CHTAG are ignored)
- 'U'
- Update the DICTIONARY directory with the
specified mnemonic names.
- IRC
- Integer return code
- 0
- Normal completion
- 182
- Illegal path name
- 183
- Illegal number of data words
- 201
- Dictionary directory not found
- 205
- No mnemonic name definitions found
See page
[more info] for a discussion of HEPDB mnemonic names.