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Status (V1.3, 2.x, 3.x internal)
NAME
Status - Display the currently running CLI processes.
SYNOPSIS
Status tasknum [FULL] [TCB] [CLI=ALL] [COMMAND=COM]
DESCRIPTION
The most common use of Status is to find what
background processes are still executing, this can be in
preparation to sending them a signal with Break, or to
find out if all your programs are completed before
turning off the computer. The various options to this
command display information which may or may not be
useful, depending on your needs. The default behavior of
Status is to display the CLI numbers and names of all
currently active processes. You can get information on a
specific process by typing Status <cli number>.
You can also find out if a specific command is
executing using the COMMAND keyword. This can be useful
in scripts, since if the command is NOT found, the WARN
fail level will be set. Otherwise, a 0 fail level is
returned. This is useful with shells that support
command substitution to do things like send BREAK codes
to processes.
KEYWORDS
taknum
The number of the task which STATus is to report on.
If tasknum is not specified, all active tasks are
reported.
FULL
Displays all the information normally reported by
STATUS if both the TCB and ALL were both specified. This
keyword is completely optional.
TCB
This displays all information concerning stack size,
global vector size, and priority of all system tasks.
This keyword is completely optional too.
CLI or ALL
Specifying these keywords forces STATUS to report of
the status of all the CLI tasks. This is the same as
running Status without any keywords. The CLI and ALL are
interchangeable.
COMMAND or COM
Added with 1.3, this prints the task number of the
CLI from which the 'filename' program was run. This lets
you send a break to a program using a script file. A
return code of 5 (Warn)is returned if that command is not
found.
EXAMPLE
1. To find out everything about all executing
processes.
Status FULL
2. Here is an example using command substitution that
will send a break to the process executing the
ClockPtr command:
Break `Status Command ClockPtr`
Note that the above assumes you are using 2.x/3.x's
backtick function. You might find it interesting to
compare this example with the more complex one given for
1.3:
STATUS >ram:temp COMMAND ClockPtr
BREAK <ram:temp >NIL: ?
DELETE ram:temp
Both of these accomplish the same thing!