dmmgshandle

Name

dmmgshandle — Inquire identifier of dataset

Description

dmmgshandle returns the identifier of a MemCom dataset residing in dynamic memory under the symbolic name name and the file handle handle. A zero identifier is returned if the dataset name has not been found in dynamic memory.

Specification (F77)

subroutine dmmgshandle(handle,name,ident)
integer*4 handle
character*(*) name
integer*4 ident

Parameters

handle: Database handle (input). The file handle handle may not exceed the maximum number of simultaneously open databases.
name: Dataset name (input). The string may not exceed the maximum dataset name length.
ident: Identifier returned from DMM (output). A value greater than 0 means that the dataset name exists and ident points to it. A value of 0 means that the dataset does not exist in DMM.