7.0;cpo (create_process_only) *DM*, revision 7.0, 83/08/09
CPO (CREATE_PROCESS_ONLY) *DM* -- 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