Mnemonic name manipulation

Enter, delete or retrieve a mnemonic name

CALL CDNAME (PATH,NW,CHTAG,CHOPT,IRC*)

PATH

Character string specifying the directory path name in which the alias is returned (option R)

NW

Integer variable specifying the number of significant elements of CHTAG

CHTAG

Character array of significant length NW containing the mnemonic names for each element of objects stored in the directory PATH

CHOPT

Character variable specifying the options required.

'D'

Delete the current mnemonic name definitions for the specified path name (NW and CHTAG are ignored).

'R'

Return the current mnemonic name definitions in CHTAG

'P'

Print the current mnemonic name definitions for objects stored in the directory PATH (NW and CHTAG are ignored)

'U'

Update the DICTIONARY directory with the specified mnemonic names.

IRC

Integer return code  

0

Normal completion

182

Illegal path name

183

Illegal number of data words

201

Dictionary directory not found

205

No mnemonic name definitions found

See page for a discussion of HEPDB mnemonic names.