Format options: /WAIT (default) /NOWAIT Specifies whether the system waits until DCL completes a subprocess before allowing more commands to be issued in the parent process (the process in which you are running CDO). The /WAIT qualifier does not return you to the parent process until the command string you specify completes execution, or you log out of the created subprocess. You can also use the ATTACH command to return to the parent process. The /NOWAIT qualifier allows you to issue new commands while a subprocess is running. Use the /NOWAIT qualifier interactively. This directs output from the subprocess to a file so only one process at a time uses your terminal. Otherwise, the only way to distinguish one process from another is by the prompt. The CDO prompt indicates the parent process; the DCL prompt (normally a dollar sign) indicates the subprocess. If you specify the /NOWAIT qualifier and your input device is a terminal, control characters such as Ctrl/T or Ctrl/Y affect all subprocesses sharing the input device. For example, Ctrl/Y interrupts all such subprocesses.