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Functions and CALL Routines under OpenVMS

PUTLOG Function: OpenVMS



Creates an OpenVMS logical-name in your process-level logical name table.
Category: General-Purpose OpenVMS
OpenVMS specifics: All aspects are host-specific

Syntax
Details

Syntax

PUTLOG(logical-name,value)

logical-name

the name of the OpenVMS logical name that you want to create. It can be a character variable, a character literal enclosed in double quotation marks, or another character expression.

value

is the string to be assigned to the symbol. It can be a character variable, a character literal enclosed in double quotation marks, or another character expression.


Details

The PUTLOG function creates an OpenVMS logical name in your process-level logical name table. If the PUTLOG function executes successfully, the return value is 0. Otherwise, the return value is the OpenVMS error code indicating why it failed.

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