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Perl Library FunctionsTask(3PERL)


NAME

 Task - Perl interface to Tasks

SYNOPSIS

 
use Sun::Solaris::Task qw(:ALL);
my $taskid = gettaskid();

DESCRIPTION

 

This module provides wrappers for the gettaskid(2) and settaskid(2) system calls.

Constants

 

TASK_NORMAL, TASK_FINAL.

Functions

 
settaskid($project, $flags)
The $project parameter must be a valid project ID and the $flags parameter must be TASK_NORMAL or TASK_FINAL. The parameters are passed through directly to the underlying settaskid() system call. The new task ID is returned if the call succeeds. On failure -1 is returned.
gettaskid()
This function returns the numeric task ID of the calling process, or undef if the underlying gettaskid() system call is unsuccessful.

Class methods

 

None.

Object methods

 

None.

Exports

 

By default nothing is exported from this module. The following tags can be used to selectively import constants and functions defined in this module:

:SYSCALLS
settaskid() and gettaskid()
:CONSTANTS
TASK_NORMAL and TASK_FINAL
:ALL
:SYSCALLS and :CONSTANTS

ATTRIBUTES

 

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
AvailabilitySUNWpl5u
Interface StabilityEvolving

SEE ALSO

 

gettaskid(2), settaskid(2), attributes(5)



SunOS 5.9Go To TopLast Changed 1 Dec 2002