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IPCGET Obtains a VC socket or call socket descriptor that has been given away by another process. Syntax ___________________________________________________________ | | | | | IPCGET ( givename, nlen, flags, descriptor, result)| | | ___________________________________________________________ Parameters givename (input) Character array, by reference. The temporary name assigned to the socket when it was given away. It is up to 16 characters long. nlen (input) 32-bit integer, by value. The length in bytes of the specified name. flags 32 bits, by reference. A bit representation of various options. No flags are currently defined for this intrinsic. descriptor (output) 32-bit integer, by reference. The VC socket or call socket descriptor that was given away via the IPCGIVE command. result (output) 32-bit integer, by reference. The error code returned; zero if no error. Description The IPCGET intrinsic allows a process to obtain ownership of a VC socket or call socket descriptor that has been relinquished by another process through the IPCGIVE intrinsic. A temporary name identifies the socket for the process which wishes to acquire it. All the parameters are required. Condition codes returned by this intrinsic are: * CCE--Succeeded. * CCL--Failed. * CCG--Not returned by this intrinsic. This intrinsic cannot be called in split stack mode.