Call Format

Syntax

Call-level DL/I has the following format:

CALL langDLI((#PARMS,)function,pcb-name,user-io-area,(ssa...))

Parameters

langDLI: Specifies the language of the calling program (for example, PLITDLI for a PL/I program).
#PARMS: Specifies the number of parameters for the call, not including the #parms parameter itself.
function: Specifies one of the DL/I command codes (GU, GN, REPL, etc.).
pcb-name: Specifies the PCB to be used with the call.
user-io-area: Identifies the name of the I/O area. See Program Communication.
ssa: Specifies one or more optional segment search arguments (SSAs). There can be from 0 to 15 SSAs.