DETACH - Start a program in detached mode
Purpose: Start an OS/2 program in detached mode.
Format: DETACH command
command : The name of a command to execute, including an
optional drive and path specification.
See also: START.
Usage
When you start a program with DETACH, that program cannot use the
keyboard, mouse, or video display. It is "detached" from the normal
means of user input and output. However, you can redirect the program's
standard I/O to other devices if necessary, using redirection symbols.
The command can be an internal command, external command, alias, or batch
file. If it is not an external command, CMD.EXE will detach a copy of
itself to execute the command.
For example, the following command will detach a copy of CMD.EXE to run
the batch file XYZ.BTM :
[c:\] detach xyz.btm
Once the program has started, CMD.EXE returns to the prompt immediately.
It does not wait for a detached program to finish.
There is no standard way to stop a detached program. If the program does
not terminate on its own you must reboot the system or use an appropriate
task manager or external utility to stop it.
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