1 02/28/85 wire_pages
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3 Syntax as a command: wire_pages path first_page n_pages
4 -control_arg
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7 Function: wires all, or selected, pages of a segment into main memory.
8 Such pages are not subject to removal by the page replacement
9 algorithm. Wired pages remain in memory until shutdown, or until
10 unwired.
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13 Arguments:
14 path
15 is the pathname of the segment to be wired. Supervisor segments
16 cannot be wired by this command.
17 first_page
18 specifies the page number of the first page to be wired. The first
19 page of a segment is page zero. If this argument is specified, the
20 next argument must be specified. The default is to wire all pages.
21 If first_page ends with a decimal point, it is treated as a decimal
22 number, otherwise it is treated as an octal number.
23 n_pages
24 specifies the number of pages to be wired. If n_pages ends with a
25 decimal point, it is treated as a decimal number, otherwise it is
26 treated as an octal number.
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29 Control arguments:
30 -text
31 to specify that path is an object segment and that only the text
32 section should be wired. The default is to wire the whole segment.
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35 Access required: Use of this command requires re access to the hphcs_
36 gate.