Arguments

 

flags

   OpenVMS usage mask_longword
   type          longword (unsigned)
   access        read only
   mechanism     by reference
   Bit mask specifying options for terminating access to PPL$. The
   flags argument is the address of a longword bit mask containing
   the flag. The flags argument accepts the following value:

   PPL$M_STOP_        Terminates all subordinates created by
   CHILDREN           the caller in addition to terminating the
                      caller itself. (PPL$ makes no effort to
                      delete subordinates at process termination
                      in the absence of a call to this routine
                      specifying this flag value, but note that an
                      OpenVMS subprocess is deleted when the parent
                      terminates.)