


      Break(V1.3, 2.x, 3.x: internal command)



     NAME
          Break - Send a signal to a background process.

     SYNOPSIS
          Break Process=T=Task/a A=ALL/s C/s D/s E/s F/s 

     DESCRIPTION
            Many programs which run from the CLI will respond to 
        the typing of one of the control characters C D E or F. 
        By far the most common is control-C which usually causes 
        a process to terminate.  If you execute a task in the 
        background (by using Run or ARun), you will not be able 
        to send it a break signal from the keyboard, and that is 
        where Break comes in.  Once you know the CLI number of 
        the process you wish to signal (available immediately 
        after you run the process or by using the Status 
        program), you can send one of these control signals to 
        the background process. It simulates selecting a CLI 
        process with the mouse and pressing the specified 
        CTRL-key keystrokes.

            You may trigger up to four breaks at a time.

     EXAMPLE
            1. To send a control C to background process number 
        2:

          Break 2 C or Break 2 (Break defaults to control C)

            2. To send ALL control signals to background process 
        number 3: 

          Break 3 C D E F or Break 3 ALL

            3. 2.x/3.x Only: To signal a break to a program 
        running under the WAIT command:

		  Break 'STATUS Com=Wait'

     CONSIDERATIONS
          Not all programs respond to break requests.

     SEE ALSO
          Status
