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From: thompson@PAN.SSEC.HONEYWELL.COM (John Thompson)
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Subject: re: Node id from C
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Date: 22 May 91 19:12:50 GMT
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> What system call returns the node id of current machine?
> (or isn't it as simple as that!)
It isn't as simple as that.
 
> bldt & lcnode seem to call asknode_$info which sounds right but
> doesn't appear to be documented anywhere.
The asknode_$xxx calls are the magic, undocumented calls that allow Apollos
to exchange so much info.  Just about anything you can think of can be asked
for with them.  Unfortunately, Apollo has seen fit to not provide documentation,
because they want the ability to modify them at will.  (Actually, I think
they just don't want people to build the neatest, greatest tools around -- they
wanted to do it themselves.)   ;-)

-- jt --
John Thompson
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thompson@pan.ssec.honeywell.com

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