Run (V1.3 in c:) (2.x/3.x internal)


     NAME
          Run - spawn a background shell or process.

     SYNOPSIS
          Run command+command+command+command....

     DESCRIPTION
            Run is used to startup a background shell.  Run 
        itself does no parsing of the command line, it passes it 
        unchanged to the background shell process, which means 
        that depending on the shell you have loaded, you can do 
        various interesting things with Run. 

            You can pass multiple commands to the background 
        shell by terminating each commandline with a '+' before 
        you hit return.

            To detach processes from the parent console window, 
        you can do Run >NIL:. This will allow you to close the 
        CLI window from which that task was launched.  Once RUN a 
        program is totally seperated from the Shell from which it 
        was RUN allowing you to use that Shell for other 
        purposes. If any errors occur, the background program 
        removes itself and disappears.
 

            After you RUN a program, the system shell will print 
        the message [CLI n] where n is the task number assigned 
        to the background task. 

            The system will always check the resident list before 
        looking in the system path for the command. 


        EXAMPLES

          1. Run Copy Thisfile OverHere+
             Echo "Copy complete!"

            The above line will cause the background shell to 
        first run the Copy command, and then the Echo command.


          2. RUN EXECUTE "RAM:T/ThisFile"

            The above line will cause the command sequence file 
        'ThisFile' in the Ram:T/ directory to execute in the 
        background by a single task.


          3. RUN DIR > PRT: OPT A

            This prints a directory and file listing of the 
        current drive on the printer. This will be operated in 
        the background so you will be able to continue entering 
        other commands into the Shell it was run from or to close 
        it.


          4. RUN >NIL: Calculator

            This starts the Calculator program. NIL: is used so 
        you can close the CLI or enter other commands into it 
        while the Calculator is running.


          5. RUN FORMAT DRIVE DF1: NAME EMPTY +
             INSTALL DF1: +
             ECHO "Format and Install Finished"

            This will Format and Install a disk in df1: and then 
        print a message saying "Format and Install Finished".