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RESET command

The RESET command clears memory of the specified forks.


Format

     @RESET (FORK) argument

     where:

     argument is one of the following:  Fork name
                                        Fork number
                                        * for all forks
                                        . (period)  for  the  current
                                          fork

                                        Default - all unkept forks


Characteristics

     Action of RESET

          In addition to clearing memory for the specified forks,  the
          RESET  command closes all files, mapped and unmapped, opened
          by the specified forks and their inferior forks.  RESET also
          simultaneously  terminates  the  specified  fork's  inferior
          forks.


Effect on Memory

     The RESET command clears the specified forks from memory.


Related Commands

     INFORMATION FILE-STATUS      for  determining  which  files   are
                                  currently open

     INFORMATION MEMORY-USAGE     for determining contents of memory

     CONTINUE, FORK, FREEZE       other multiforking-class commands
     INFORMATION, FORK-STATUS,
     INFORMATION PROGRAM-STATUS,
     KEEP, RESET, SET NAME,
     SET PROGRAM, and UNKEEP


Examples

     1.  Give the RESET command to clear all unkept forks from memory.

         @RESET

     2.  Clear all forks, including kept forks, from memory.

         @RESET *

     3.  Display the fork status with INFORMATION FORK-STATUS.   Then,
         clear the SORTER fork from memory.  Redisplay the fork status
         to check the result.

         @INFORMATION FORK-STATUS
             EDT (1): Kept, ^C from IO wait at 413773, 0:00:00.0
          => PASCAL (2): Kept, Background, Running at 324004, 0:00:00.8
             SORTER (3): HALT at 400370, 0:00:00.6
         @RESET 3
         @INFORMATION FORK-STATUS
             EDT (1): Kept, ^C from IO wait at 413773, 0:00:00.0
             PASCAL (2): Kept, Background, Running 453004, 0:00:01.3