Understanding the Diagnostic Subsystem for AIX

Initializes the user interface.

#include     <diag/diago.h>

long  diag_asl_init ( name )
char *name;

The diag_asl_init subroutine is used to initialize the user interface and should be the first call made to the user interface.

Parameter	Description
name	Identifies any options. This field has the following values: DEFAULT Type ahead allowed. NO_TYPE_AHEAD Type ahead not allowed.

The following values are returned:

Return Value	Description
DIAG_ASL_OK	Successful return.
DIAG_ASL_ERR_NO_SUCH_TERM	Specified TERM entry does not exist.
DIAG_ASL_ERR_TERMINFO_GET	TERMINFO get failed.
DIAG_ASL_ERR_NO_TERM	TERM entry missing.
DIAG_ASL_ERR_INITSCR	nitscr() failed.
DIAG_ASL_ERR_SCREEN_SIZE	Screen/window size less than minimum.