The SEND SYNCH command clears the communications path between
your local system and the remote host. The SYNCH is sent in
urgent mode (out-of-band, OOB). As a result, the following
actions occur:
1. The local host immediately sends an interrupt character,
placing it at the front of the data stream sent to the remote
host.
2. The remote host immediately processes the interrupt character,
ignoring any incoming data not yet processed, and then
including a TELNET synchronization or interrupt character
in the data stream it sends back to the local host.
3. The local host throws away all incoming data (rather than
processing that data) until it detects the synchronization or
interrupt character. This provides faster response time to the
synchronization and interrupt characters.
DCL Format
SEND SYNCH
UNIX Format
send synch