VT100: EXT + D VT200: Find DEFINE_KEY Function: SPAWN Creates a subprocess under the current process. Use the LOGOUT command to terminate the subprocess. Because a tree of subprocesses can be established using the SPAWN function, you must be careful when terminating any process in the tree. When a process is terminated, all subprocesses below that point in the tree are terminated automatically. When you create a subprocess, you can specify an optional command string. The command string is executed within the created subprocess, and the subprocess terminates upon completion of the command.