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From: pstevens@pioneer.arpa (Paul Stevens RCE Sterling)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: creating processes--help!
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Date: 24 Mar 88 15:18:26 GMT
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>Help! I have a program which creates a subprocess to run a particular
>image. Sometimes, the process is created, but immediately dies. How can
>I find out *why* the subprocess dies? I have specified an equivalence name

Make sure accounting is turned on for you system and then have your
system manager look into the accounting file.  Every process that is even
attempted to be created (that is the status = creprc(...) gives normal
status) will have an entry.  It may not help much, but it will give you 
some idea.

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Paul Stevens - NASA Ames Research Center Moffet Field CA
               Mail Stop 233-10
               (415)694-4887
	       pstevens@ames-pioneer.arpa