[comp.os.vms] Spawning without a CLI.

rrk@byuvax.bitnet (06/24/88)

Spawning is a function of the CLI with all the fancy things you can do from
lib$spawn.  You can't call lib$spawn from a detached process.  You have
several alternatives:

1. Create your process in a batch queue so it has a CLI.

2. Run sys$system:loginout /input=<command procedure> to start your detached
process

3. Don't use lib$spawn...use $creprc (quite a bit harder to use than lib$spawn
if you need full functionality).  If your subprocess needs to perform CLI
type funtions, then specify sys$system:loginout.exe as it's image, and input
as a command procedure.