Modifies the characteristics of a device or the paths used to access that device. The $SET_DEVICEW completes synchronously; that is, it returns to the caller only after the requested action has taken effect. Format SYS$SET_DEVICEW [efn] [,chan] [,devnam] ,itmlst [,iosb] [,astadr] [,astprm] [,nullarg] C Prototype int sys$set_devicew (unsigned int efn, unsigned short int chan, void *devnam, void *itmlst, struct _iosb *iosb, void (*astadr)(__unknown_params), int astprm, struct_generic_64 *nullarg);