/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