buffer

Specifies the name of a buffer that receives the list of all the stacks. This parameter is optional.

buffer-length

Specifies the name of a fullword field containing the length of buffer. buffer-length can be specified as an absolute expression. This parameter is optional.

If the size of buffer is too small to contain the full output, it is truncated.

The maximum value for this parameter is 4096.

output-format

Specifies the name of a fullword field indicating the format desired for the output. output-format can be specified as an absolute expression. If the output-format value is 1, all the names of the different stacks are listed in a sequence of 8-byte character string. If output-format value is 2, all the names of the different stacks are listed in a sequence of the following structure: a 1-byte field containing the length of the name followed by the name itself.

This is an optional parameter. If it is not specified, output-format 1 is assumed.

output-length

Specifies the name of a fullword field containing the actual length required to hold all the output in the requested format..

stacks-count

Specifies the name of a fullword field containing the number of TCP/IP stacks currently defined (but not necessarily active) in the system.