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Starting and controlling a process, Interpreting ppd command displays – HP NonStop G-Series User Manual

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Starting and Controlling Processes With TACL

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Starting and Controlling a Process

A report such as this is sent to the file named PROCESS in the subvolume named
CURRENT:

2. View information about the process $WOW.

> PPD $WOW

A report such as this is sent to your home terminal:

Interpreting PPD Command Displays

The elements of the PPD command display and their meanings are:

If a process you specify is not running, the message “PROCESS DOES NOT EXIST” is
displayed.

Starting and Controlling a Process

To start a process from the TACL program, enter the TACL RUN command. A RUN
command names the program object file that you want to run. You can also specify
command options, such as input and output files to be used by the program, the
processor where the process runs, the name and execution priority of the process, and
the number of data pages to be used.

You can enter a RUN command either explicitly or implicitly:

Name Primary Backup Ancestor
$ZL00 0,3
$Z001 1,51 0,69 $BA1
$ZSCB 1,113 0,70 $ZSCA
$ZLOG 0,47 1,47 $ZTAS
$ZELM 0,51 1,49 $ZTAS
$ZL01 1,3
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .

Name Primary Backup Ancestor
$WOW 04,054 05,009 $Z000

Name Primary Backup Ancestor
$WOW 04,054 05,009 $Z000

Name

Name of the process

Primary

Processor number and process number of the primary process in a
process pair, or of the specified process if it is not a member of a pair

Backup

Processor number and process number of the backup process in a
process pair. If no value is displayed, the process has no backup.

Ancestor

Identity of the process that created the process listed under Name.

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