DosMonClose

Description

This call terminates character device monitoring. All monitor buffers associated with this process are flushed and closed.

Syntax

 DosMonClose

    (Handle)

Parameters

Handle (HMONITOR) - input

Device handle returned from a previous DosMonOpen call.

Return Code

rc (USHORT) - return

Return code descriptions are:

• 0 NO_ERROR
• 381 ERROR_MON_INVALID_HANDLE

Remarks

A single process may register one or more monitors with a character device using the same device handle returned from a previous DosMonOpen call. When DosMonClose is issued for a specific, opened device handle, all monitors for the current process registered with this handle terminate.

When DosMonClose is issued, the monitor loses access to the device data stream. Before issuing DosMonClose, monitor threads calling DosMonRead and DosMonWrite should be terminated. After DosMonClose has been called:

• DosMonRead calls return an ERROR_MON_BUFFER_EMPTY return code.

• DosMonWrite calls return an ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY return code.

Data segments containing monitor buffers should not be freed until after DosMonClose is called. If data segments containing monitor buffers are freed before DosMonClose is called, a GP fault occurs when DosMonClose is called and the process is terminated.

For a detailed description of this call see the chapter "Character Device Monitors" in the IBM Operating System/2 Version 1.2 I/O Subsystems And Device Support Volume 1.

Example Code

C Binding

#define INCL_DOSMONITORS

USHORT  rc = DosMonClose(Handle);

HMONITOR         Handle;        /* Monitor handle */

USHORT           rc;            /* return code */

MASM Binding

EXTRN  DosMonClose:FAR
INCL_DOSMONITORS    EQU 1

PUSH   WORD    Handle        ;Monitor handle
CALL   DosMonClose

Returns WORD