TACL Reference Manual

UTILS:TACL Commands and Functions
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PAUSE Command
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If WAKEUP is set to ON, TACL regains control of the terminal when any
process started from it is deleted.
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If WAKEUP is set to OFF (the default setting), TACL regains control of the
terminal when the process specified in the PAUSE command is deleted. If no
process was specified in the PAUSE command, TACL regains control of the
terminal when the last process started from it is deleted.
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If you enter PAUSE with no parameters when the most recent process started from
the current TACL has already been deleted, or if you specify a process that the
current TACL did not create, TACL waits forever (no prompt appears on the
screen) unless you press the BREAK key or TACL receives a wake message,
indicating that a process was deleted.
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You can enter the PAUSE command, without any parameters, even when you are
logged off.
Examples
This example illustrates how to use the BREAK key to temporarily leave a process,
such as EDIT, and return control of your terminal to TACL. After checking the status of
the EDIT process, the user returns to the EDIT process and terminates the EDIT
process:
11>EDIT FILE2
TEXT EDITOR - T9601B30 - (08MAR87)
*
(BREAK pressed)
12> STATUS *,TERM
Process Pri PFR %WT Userid Program file Hometerm
5,49 120 R 000 8,230 $SYSTEM.SYS01.TACL $TE0.#A
5,55 119 000 8,230 $SYSTEM.SYSTEM.EDIT $TE0.#A
13> PAUSE
*EXIT
14> !STA
14> STATUS *,TERM
Process Pri PFR %WT Userid Program file Hometerm
5,49 120 R 000 8,230 $SYSTEM.SYS01.TACL $TE0.#A
The asterisk prompt (*) indicates that EDIT has control of the terminal. Pressing the
BREAK key returns control of the terminal to TACL. When you enter PAUSE, the EDIT
prompt reappears.