TOLLIVER%ORN.MFENET@LLL-MFE.ARPA.UUCP (07/08/86)
Subprocesses that are spawned with, for example, an image to run in the (optional) command-string parameter of the DCL SPAWN command will run until that image is completed and then essentially "logout" or terminate. But subprocesses that are spawned with no command-string parameter wait until the user issues the LOGOUT command before terminating. Is there any way for a running image to tell the difference? I.e., to know whether or not the subprocess will be terminated as soon as the image terminates? Certainly, the "system" knows that information, becuase it either logs out the subprocess or waits. Yet, I cannot find how an image can obtain this information. Any help would be appreciated, Tolliver%orn@lll-mfe.arpa