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Ehud Gavron <GAVRON@IT.SUNQUEST.COM> writes:
>        I'm trying to create a piece of code to initialize a disk or
>        tape volume.  However, when I call sys$init_vol I get back
>        ss$_badparam.  Can anyone either
>                a. tell me what I'm doing wrong
>                b. show me how to do it right?
>[...]
>      char *list_pointer;
>[...]
>     list_pointer = (char *)&initlist[0];
>[...]
>     i =sys$init_vol((char *)device_name,(char *)volume_label,&list_pointer);

Try to pass `initlist' by reference, i.e. drop `&' from the argument list.

BTW, in case you want to install this program with VOLPRO privilege,
you may be in for a nasty surprise: SYS$INIT_VOL(), when applied to *tapes*,
checks for PROCPRV and not for CURPRV (the code for disks is o.k.).
I SPR'ed this last year for VMS 5.4-2. For a workaround, I'm now calling
SYS$INIT_VOL() from EXEC mode with temporarily elevated PROCPRV ...

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