Appendix B. API Verb Catalog

This appendix lists all of the API verbs in alphabetical order. These verbs and their supporting man pages are used with this guide (referred to as LU 6.2 in the table) and the IRIS SNA LU 6.2 Administration Guide (referred to as SNA in the table).

Verb

Verb's Full Name

Verb Type

Guide

accru

Accept Request Unit

PI

SNA

actline

Activate Line

Node Operator

SNA

actlu

Activate Logical

Node Operator Unit

SNA

actpu

Activate Physical Unit

Node Operator

SNA

actses

Activate Session

Session Control

LU 6.2

actsta

Activate Station

Node Operator

SNA

alcnv

Allocate

Basic Conversation

LU 6.2

alnau

Allocate NAU

PI

SNA

atoe

ASCII to EBCDIC

Implementation-specific

SNA

Translation

 

 

attach

Local Attach

Implementation-specific

SNA

chgmsgq

Change Message Queue

Node Operator

SNA

chgsl

Change Session Limit

CNOS

LU 6.2

cnfrm

Confirm

Basic Conversation

LU 6.2

cnfrmed

Confirmed

Basic Conversation

LU 6.2

dalcnv

Deallocate

Basic Conversation

LU 6.2

dalnau

Deallocate NAU

PI

SNA

dctline

Deactivate Line

Node Operator

SNA

dctlu

Deactivate Logical Unit

Node Operator

SNA

dctpu

Deactivate Physical Unit

Node Operator

SNA

dctses

Deactivate Session

Session Control

LU 6.2

dctsta

Deactivate Station

Node Operator

SNA

detach

Detach

Implementation-specific

SNA

dfncp

Define Control Point

Define

SNA

dfnline

Define Line

Define

SNA

dfnllu

Define Local LU

Define

SNA

dfnmode

Define Mode

Define

SNA

dfnnode

Define Node

Define

SNA

dfnrlu

Define Remote LU

Define

SNA

dfnslu

Define Secondary LU

Define

SNA

dfnsta

Define Station

Define

SNA

dfntp

Define Transaction

Define

SNA

Program

 

 

dltcbl

Delete LU Control Block

Define

SNA

dltcbu

Delete Control Block

Define

SNA

dspcp

Display Control Point

Display

SNA

dspcph

Display Host Control Point

Display

SNA

dspline

Display Line

Display

SNA

dspllu

Display Local LU

Display

SNA

dspmaj

Display Major Code

Implementation-specific

SNA

dspmin

Display Minor Code

Implementation-specific

SNA

dspmode

Display Mode

Display

SNA

dspmsgq

Display Message Queue

Node Operator

SNA

dspnode

Display Node

Display

SNA

dsprlu

Display Remote LU

Display

SNA

dspses

Display Session

Display

SNA

dspslu

Display Secondary LU

Display

SNA

dspsta

Display Station

Display

SNA

dsptp

Display Transaction

Display

SNA

Program

 

 

etoa

EBCDIC to ASCII

Implementation-specific

SNA

Translation

 

 

flush

Flush

Basic Conversation

LU 6.2

getatr

Get Attributes

Basic Conversation

LU 6.2

gfsm

Get Finite State Machine

PI

SNA

gsync

Get Sync Point

PI

SNA

gtype

Get Type

Type-independent

LU 6.2

 

Conversation

 

initcbl

Initialize LU

Define

SNA

Definition Structure

 

 

initcbu

Initialize Node

Define

SNA

Definition Structure

 

 

initpi

Initialize Verb Data

PI

SNA

Structure

 

initsl

Initialize Session Limit

CNOS

LU 6.2

malcnv

MC Allocate

Mapped Conversation

LU 6.2

mcnfrm

MC Confirm

Mapped Conversation

LU 6.2

mdalcnv

MC Deallocate

Mapped Conversation

LU 6.2

mflush

MC Flush

Mapped Conversation

LU 6.2

mgetatr

MC Get Attributes

Mapped Conversation

LU 6.2

mprprcv

MC Prepare to Receive

Mapped Conversation

LU 6.2

mpstrct

MC Post on Receipt

Mapped Conversation

LU 6.2

mrcvim

MC Receive Immediate

Mapped Conversation

LU 6.2

mrcvwt

MC Receive and Wait

Mapped Conversation

LU 6.2

mrqssnd

MC Request to Send

Mapped Conversation

LU 6.2

msnddta

MC Send Data

Mapped Conversation

LU 6.2

msnderr

MC Send Error

Mapped Conversation

LU 6.2

mtestcv

MC Test

Mapped Conversation

LU 6.2

procsl

Process Session Ldimit

CNOS

LU 6.2

prprcv

Prepare to Receive

Basic Conversation

LU 6.2

prtnmsg

Print Node Message

Implementation-specific

SNA

pstrct

Post on Receipt

Basic Conversation

LU 6.2

rattach

Remote Attach

Implementation-specific

SNA

rcvim

Receive Immediate

Basic Conversation

LU 6.2

rcvru

Receive Request Unit

PI

SNA

rcvwt

Receive and Wait

Basic Conversation

LU 6.2

rejru

Reject Request Unit

PI

SNA

rqssnd

Request to Send

Basic Conversation

LU 6.2

rstsl

Reset Session Limit

CNOS

LU 6.2

rtvnmsg

Retrieve Node Message

Node Operator

SNA

setctx

Set Context

Implementation-specific

SNA

snddta

Send Data

Basic Conversation

LU 6.2

snderr

Send Error

Basic Conversation

LU 6.2

sndru

Send Request Unit

PI

SNA

ssync

Set Sync Point

PI

SNA

testcv

Test

Basic Conversation

LU 6.2

waitcv

Wait

Type-independent

LU 6.2

 

Conversation