1 07/25/86 terminate, tm
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3 Syntax as a command: tm paths
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6 Function: removes a segment or MSF from your address space and resets
7 links to the terminated file. It is commonly used prior to initiating
8 a different version of a program.
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11 Arguments:
12 paths
13 are pathnames of files to be terminated.
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16 Control arguments:
17 -brief, -bf
18 suppresses the error message printed when a file to be terminated
19 is not known initiated.
20 -long, -lg
21 does not suppress the above error message. Default
22 -name STR, -nm STR
23 specifies an entryname STR that begins with a minus sign, to
24 distinguish it from a control argument.
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27 Notes: Be careful not to unintentionally terminate a segment of the
28 command language interpreter or another critical piece of the
29 environment. Fatal process errors usually result from such an action.
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31 The star convention is not recognized.
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33 Terminating a multisegment file will terminate only component 0 of the
34 MSF unless it is an object MSF, in which case all of the components will
35 be terminated.