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CALLS                             Domain/OS                              CALLS


NAME
     calls - summary of available Domain/OS calls

SYNOPSIS
     help calls
     help calls call_prefix

DESCRIPTION
     The following is a list of Domain/OS call prefixes for which help is
     available.

     aclm      access control list manager

     cal       calendar module (get time & date; conversion; etc.)

     ctm       color table manager

     ec2       level2 eventcount manager (wait, advance, etc.)

     errlog    Domain/OS error logging

     error     error reporting module (decode returned status into com-
               ponent fields; look up text messages)

     fault     Domain/OS fault and signal codes

     fpp       floating point package

     gm        old graphics metafile calls

     gmf       graphics map file manager

     ios       input/ouput via streams

     ios_dir   input/ouput switch directory

     ipc       interprocess communications calls

     loader    Domain/OS loader interface

     mbx       mailbox manager

     ms        mapped segment manager (mapl, crmapl, remap, relock, unmap)

     mts       magtape/streams interface

     mutex     mutual exclusion lock calls

     name      naming server calls (create/delete files, links and direc-
               tories; set/read working/naming directory; read directory
               entries)

     osinfo    Domain/OS revision information

     pad       display manager pad calls (set/reset raw mode, frame mani-
               pulation)

     pbufs     paste buffer calls

     pfm       process fault manager (fault catching)

     pgm       program manager module (program invocation; termination;
               read arguments from command line)

     pm        user space process manager (get sid text, home text for
               this process)

     prf       printer manager

     proc1     level 1 process manager (get cpu time for this process)

     proc2     level 2 process manager (get_info, list, etc.)

     rws       read/write storage allocator (allocate storage)

     status    Domain/OS status reporting

     task      task library

     sio       serial I/O calls

     time      time manager module (get current time; wait)

     tone      tone (speaker) manager

     tpad      touchpad (set_mode, etc.)

     vec       vector arithmetic calls

     vfmt      variable formatting package

EXAMPLE
     $ help calls ios
     $ help calls ios_$intro
     $ help calls ios_$open

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