EXIT

Operation Notes

The EXIT command (abbreviated E) terminates the SPIFF process. Any current spool file is closed before SPIFF terminates. Control is returned to SPIFF's parent process. This is usually a command interpreter, but may be another application if that application supports creation of a child process. In particular, SPIFF may be run from within another copy of SPIFF, using the RUN command. EXITing the second copy of SPIFF returns control to the first instance of SPIFF.

The EXIT command and the QUIT command operate identically.

	NOTE: It is not possible to suspend operation of a child SPIFF process, give control to a parent SPIFF process, and return to the child SPIFF process, as the SPOOK5 program permitted you to do. Each exit of a child process terminates that process and closes all open files associated with that process. Each child process starts afresh when created. As a result, the KILL command is not supported by SPIFF.