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InfoServer, SPAWN
*Conan The Librarian
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Spawns a process to execute a DCL command. If you do not enter a
command, the command terminal is attached to the spawned process.
If you do enter a command, that command is executed, and, upon
completion of the command, control returns to the parent process.
Format
SPAWN [DCL Command]
InfoServer> SPAWN DIRECTORY
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(output)
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InfoServer>
The command in this example spawns a process to execute a DCL
DIRECTORY command. Following execution of the command, control
returns to the InfoServer process.