ipcActivateMessages

ipcActivateMessages( 
o_childId 
) 
=> t / nil

Description

Switches a child process into interactive mode. In interactive mode, output from the child is written to a log file and is passed on to the parent process.

The child process must have started its life through either ipcBeginProcess or ipcSkillProcess and a logFile must have been given. An error could result if these conditions are not met.

Arguments

o_childId

Child process handle.

Value Returned

t	The specified child process was switched to interactive mode.
nil	If the child process has already expired.

Examples

      cid = ipcBeginProcess("ls -lR /" "" nil nil nil 
                                "/tmp/ls.log")
ipc:4
      ipcActivateBatch(cid)         
                     ; Write output to log file /tmp/ls.log only
t
      ipcActivateMessages(cid)          ; Output is written to the 
                                    ; log file and passed 
                                    ; to parent process
t

Related Topics

Interprocess Communication Functions

ipcActivateBatch

ipcBeginProcess

ipcSkillProcess

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