What is the equivalent of a named PLIST in /Free?

[A.P. Veening]

Having read "What is the equivallent of a *Entry PLIST in /Free?" (url: http://www.code400.com/forum/forum/i...-plist-in-free) I still don't now how to replace a named PLIST in /Free. For ordinary program calls, I am perfectly capable of coding a prototype and using that. However, for SPECIAL FILEs, a named PLIST is still required as far as I can find out. Can somebody please prove me wrong?

[Scott Klement]

Correct, SPECIAL files were never updated to give them a fully free-form equivalent.

Instead of SPECIAL files, consider using Open Access. It's much more powerful.

[Flodge]

Like so:

d bufferDs     e ds                  extname([I]specialFile[/I])

d [I]programName[/I]    pr
d option                        1
d status                        1
d error                         5 0
d buffer                             like(bufferDs)

d [I]programName[/I]    pi
d option                        1
d status                        1
d error                         5 0
d buffer                             like(bufferDs)

Just replace the values for specialFile and programName.

Also notice 'pr' and 'pi'.

[Barbara Morris]

Flodge, the PLIST for a SPECIAL file lets you pass additional parameters besides the five official parameters. The PLIST would have to be coded in fixed form C specs, which could be in a /copy file if the rest of the code was fully-free.