/WAIT (default)
/NOWAIT
Controls whether the debugging session (the parent process) is
suspended while the subprocess is running. The /WAIT qualifier
(default) suspends the debugging session until the subprocess
is terminated. You cannot enter debugger commands until control
returns to the parent process.
The /NOWAIT qualifier executes the subprocess in parallel with
the debugging session. You can enter debugger commands while the
subprocess is running. If you use /NOWAIT, you should specify
a DCL command with the SPAWN command; the DCL command is then
executed in the subprocess. A message indicates when the spawned
subprocess completes.
The kept debugger (that is, the debugger invoked with the DCL
command DEBUG/KEEP) shares I/O channels with the parent process
when it is run by a SPAWN/NOWAIT command. Therefore, in the HP
DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS user interface, you must press the
Return key twice on the DECterm from which the debugger was run
after the debugger version number has appeared in the command
view.
Optionally, you can execute the kept debugger in the following
manner:
$ DEFINE DBG$INPUT NL:
$ SPAWN/NOWAIT RUN DEBUG/KEEP