☜ | ^$DEVICEDraft MDC Standard | ☞ |
^$D[EVICE] ( devicexpr )
devicexpr | ::= | expr | V | device |
device | ::= | devicespecifier; an implementation-specific device identifier |
^$Device provides information about the existence, operational characteristics and availability of devices.
Note: The holding of information about a device when it is not open may be transitory. There are also likely to be more devices in a system which could be opened by a M[UMPS] process than will have information stored in ^$Device.
Device characteristic information for a device is stored beneath the ^$Device(devicexpr) node:
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