ESS$INFOSERVER.HLB  —  SPAWN
    Spawns a process to execute a DCL command. If you do not enter a
    command, the command terminal is attached to the spawned process.
    If you do enter a command, that command is executed, and, upon
    completion of the command, control returns to the parent process.

    Format

      SPAWN  [DCL Command]

1  –  Example

  InfoServer> SPAWN DIRECTORY

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  InfoServer>

      The command in this example spawns a process to execute a DCL
      DIRECTORY command. Following execution of the command, control
      returns to the InfoServer process.
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