Re: Local Versus Global Command Options

On 2/22/2025 11:40 AM, Dave Froble wrote:

On 2/22/2025 9:29 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

On 2/22/2025 8:53 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

On 2/22/2025 12:53 AM, Dave Froble wrote:

On 2/21/2025 11:15 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

There are some ways to start a process with a DCL command
(and therefore DCL mapped).
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There are some ways to start a process without specifying a DCL
command and still getting a process with DCL mapped.
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There are some ways to start a process without DCL mapped.

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Now I'm confused.  Were we discussing starting an image in an existing
process, or starting a new process?

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Starting a new process.
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Because it is about a program running another program. And that
indicate starting a new process.

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Unless LIB$DO_COMMAND which is special.

 I recall that that starts a subprocess.  If I remember correctly.  Which would be a new process.

LIB$SPAWN starts a new subprocess.
LIB$DO_COMMAND exits current image and execute the command
within the same process.
Arne