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