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AMS_ASTMSG - Send an ASTMSG to this task

Invocation:
(void) ams_astmsg( name, length, value, status )

Arguments:

name = char * (given)
name of the action to be rescheduled
length = int (given)
number of significant bytes in value
value = char * (given)
message to be passed to main-line code
status = int * (given and returned)
global status

Description:
Causes the task to send specified ASTINT message 'value', qualified by 'name' to itself. This should be called from a signal handler.

Implementation:
Send an OBEY message to the astint queue.



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AMS The Unix ADAM Message System
Starlink User Note 241
B D Kelly (ROE)
A J Chipperfield (RAL)
16 August 2001
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk

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