The EXIT command is one of the four debugger commands that can be
used to execute your program (the others are CALL, GO, and STEP).
Ending a Debugging Session:
To end a debugging session, enter the EXIT command at the
debugger prompt without specifying any parameters. This causes
orderly termination of the session: the program's application-
declared exit handlers (if any) are executed, the debugger exit
handler is executed (closing log files, restoring the screen and
keypad states, and so on), and control is returned to the command
interpreter. You cannot then continue to debug your program by
entering the DCL command DEBUG or CONTINUE (you must restart the
debugger).
Because EXIT runs any application-declared exit handlers, you can
set breakpoints in such exit handlers, and the breakpoints are
triggered upon typing EXIT. Thus, you can use EXIT to debug your
exit handlers.
To end a debugging session without running any application-
declared exit handlers, use the QUIT command instead of EXIT.
Using the EXIT Command in Command Procedures and DO Clauses:
When the debugger executes an EXIT command (without any
parameters) in a command procedure, control returns to the
command stream that invoked the command procedure. A command
stream can be the terminal, an outer (containing) command
procedure, or a DO clause in a command or screen display
definition. For example, if the command procedure was invoked
from within a DO clause, control returns to that DO clause, where
the debugger executes the next command (if any remain in the
command sequence).
When the debugger executes an EXIT command (without any
parameters) in a DO clause, it ignores any remaining commands
in that clause and displays its prompt.