15.68 SPAWN

This command temporarily spawns out of TOPDRAWER to VMS. The SPAWN command is not journaled unless ABORT=OFF MODE is selected. SPAWN [dcl_command] For example you are trying to do a plot, but you have forgotten the filename with the TOPDRAWER source, so you: TD:SPAWN DIRECTORY You will get a directory listing so you can find the file name. If you use the SPAWN command with no parameters, you return to TOPDRAWER with the VMS command: $ LOGOFF