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Break(V1.3, 2.x, 3.x: internal command)
NAME
Break - Send a signal to a background process.
SYNOPSIS
Break Process=T=Task/a A=ALL/s C/s D/s E/s F/s
DESCRIPTION
Many programs which run from the CLI will respond to
the typing of one of the control characters C D E or F.
By far the most common is control-C which usually causes
a process to terminate. If you execute a task in the
background (by using Run or ARun), you will not be able
to send it a break signal from the keyboard, and that is
where Break comes in. Once you know the CLI number of
the process you wish to signal (available immediately
after you run the process or by using the Status
program), you can send one of these control signals to
the background process. It simulates selecting a CLI
process with the mouse and pressing the specified
CTRL-key keystrokes.
You may trigger up to four breaks at a time.
EXAMPLE
1. To send a control C to background process number
2:
Break 2 C or Break 2 (Break defaults to control C)
2. To send ALL control signals to background process
number 3:
Break 3 C D E F or Break 3 ALL
3. 2.x/3.x Only: To signal a break to a program
running under the WAIT command:
Break 'STATUS Com=Wait'
CONSIDERATIONS
Not all programs respond to break requests.
SEE ALSO
Status