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Subject: Multiple VMS processes
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Date: Tue, 3-Mar-87 16:27:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar  3 16:27:00 1987
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>H. Steinberg (?) writes of a nifty feature wherein one can gain a new
>prompt and do things under Unix on receipt of a ^Z type-in.
>          I've seen this done under VMS by typing ^Y and then
>various SPAWN/NOWAIT commands and continue commands. [. . .]
>          Glenn Everhart
>Everhart%Arisia@RCA.com

It sounded if the UNIX feature the person was asking for wasn't an interrupt.
Suppose I'm running something that will take awhile to complete.  I want to
create a subprocess, but I want the parent process to continue working.  I
don't know how to do that, but I'd love to find out if it's possible!

Ed McGuire
Grinnell College
MCGUIRE@GRIN2.BITNET