Library /sys$common/syshlp/tpuhelp.hlb CREATE_PROCESS  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  CREATE_PROCESS

     Starts a subprocess and associates a buffer with it.

  Syntax

     process := CREATE_PROCESS (buffer [,string])

  Parameters

     buffer     The buffer for storing output from the subprocess.

     string     Optionally, a command to send to the subprocess.

  Comments

  Example

     mail_proc := CREATE_PROCESS (second_buffer, "mail");

     Creates a subprocess, specifies SECOND_BUFFER as the buffer for storing
     the output from the subprocess, and sends the DCL MAIL command as the
     first command to be executed.

  Related topics

     ATTACH   SEND   SEND_EOF   SPAWN