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RTL Routines, LIB$, LIB$RUN_PROGRAM
*Conan The Librarian
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The Run New Program routine causes the current program to stop
running and begins execution of another program.
Format
LIB$RUN_PROGRAM program-name
OpenVMS usage:cond_value
type: longword (unsigned)
access: write only
mechanism: by value
program-name
OpenVMS usage:char_string
type: character string
access: read only
mechanism: by descriptor
File name of the program to be run in place of the current
program. The program-name argument contains the address of a
descriptor pointing to this file name string.
The maximum length of the file name is 255 characters. The
default file type is .EXE.