[Info-vax] How to detect ^Y from an inner command procedure

[Dave Froble]

On 5/18/2023 8:15 PM, alanfe... at gmail.com wrote:
> Suppose you're running a command procedure from a command procedure.
>
> $ TYPE 1.COM
> $ @2.COM
> $ EXIT
>
> $ TYPE 2.COM
> $ WAIT 0:00:04
> $ EXIT
>
> So 1.com runs 2.com.
>
> Suppose you run 1.com and press ^ Y while 2.com is running. The command interpreter then exits 2.com and resumes running 1.com. Is there any way to tell from 1.com if 2.com was aborted via ^Y or just finished normally?
>
> I thought $STATUS might help, but sometimes I get
> $STATUS == "%X10000001"
> and sometimes I get
> $STATUS == "%X10010001"
> So I guess that's not the way to go.
> Is there a way to do this?
> TIA.
>

I would start with "on error ..."

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