7.0;cpo (create_process_only) *DM*, revision 7.0, 83/08/09
CPO (CREATE_PROCESS_ONLY) -- Create process without pads or windows.
usage:  cpo pathname [-n name] [args ...]


FORMAT

  CPO pathname [options]


  The  CPO  command  creates only a process, without associated pads or windows.
  The four standard I/O streams are directed to  /DEV/NULL.    If  this  command
  appears  in  the  node's  DM boot startup script `NODE_DATA/STARTUP the system
  assigns    the    new     process     the     subject     identifier     (SID)
  USER.SERVER.NONE.local_node,  and  the  created  process  will continue to run
  regardless of whether or not any one is logged in.    This  is  desirable  for
  utilities  like  the  PRSVR  (PRINT_SERVER)  and NETMAN, and means that CPO is
  identical to CPS in this context.  (This is only effective at version 6.0  and
  later.)

  If  CPO is issued in any other startup script or from the keyboard, the SID of
  the new process is derived from whatever process invokes CPO, and the  created
  process will terminate at logout.


ARGUMENTS

  pathname
  (required)         Specify file to be executed by the new process.


OPTIONS

  -N name            Assign process name 'name'.  If omitted, the process is not
                     named.

  args . . .           Specify  any  arguments  to  be  passed  to  the  program
                     'pathname'.  If any of  these  arguments  contain  explicit
                     blanks, enclose those arguments in quotation marks.


RELATED TOPICS

  More information is available.  Type:

  - HELP CP
    for details about creating processes with windows and pads

  - HELP CPS
    for details about creating server processes

  - HELP SIGP
    for details about stopping background processes