VMS-Specific Python Modules

VMS specific Python modules.

vms.decc

Provides DECC functionality.

dlopen_test(name:str)->int

Tries to open a shared image.

parameters

• name:str path to the shared image

returns

• 1 if the shared image exists and can be opened by dlopen()
• 0 otherwise

fix_time(vms_time:int)->int

Converts VMS time to the Unix time.

parameters

• vms_time:int VMS system time

returns

Time in Unix format (seconds that have elapsed since 1970.01.01)

from_vms(vms_path:str, wild_flag:int)->list

Converts VMS path to a list of Unix paths.

parameters

• vms_path:str path in VMS format (supports wildcards)
• wild_flag:int If set to 0, wildcards found in the vms_path are not expanded

returns

List of paths in Unix format

getenv(name:str, def_value:str)->str

Gets the specified environment variable value. See getenv() description in the HP C Run-Time Library Reference Manual for OpenVMS Systems documentation.

parameters

• name:str name of the environment variable
• def_value:str default value

returns

Environment variable value

sleep(seconds:int)->int

Suspends execution of the current process or thread for the specified number of seconds.

parameters

• seconds:int seconds to sleep

returns

The number of seconds left to the end of the sleep period if sleep is interrupted. 0 if the process slept for the specified number of seconds.

sysconf(name:int)->int

Provides a method for determining the current value of a configurable system limit or whether optional features are supported.

parameters

• name:int system variable to be queried

returns

Requested value

to_vms(unix_path:str, allow_wild:int, no_directory:int)->list

Converts UNIX style file specifications to OpenVMS file specifications.

parameters

• unix_path:str file name in UNIX style file specification format
• allow_wild:int If set to 0, wildcards found in unix_path are not expanded
• no_directory:int An integer that has one of the following values:
  • 0 - Directory allowed
  • 1 - Prevent expansion of the string as a directory name
  • 2 - Force expansion of the string as a directory name

returns

List of paths in OpenVMS style

unixtime(vms_time:int)->int

Converts OpenVMS system time to the Unix local time.

parameters

• vms_time:int OpenVMS system time

returns

Unix time

vmstime(unix_time:int)->int

Converts Unix time to the OpenVMS system time.

parameters

• unix_time:int Unix time

returns

OpenVMS system time