MULTIPROCESS

Controls the behavior of z/OS® Debugger when a new POSIX process is created by a fork() or exec() function in the application.

With the MULTIPROCESS command, you can instruct z/OS Debugger to perform any of the following tasks when a new POSIX process is created:

Continue debugging the current process. The current process is also referred to as the PARENT process.
Stop debugging the current process and start debugging the newly created process. The newly created process is also referred to as the CHILD process.
Prompt you to decide whether to follow the PARENT or CHILD process.

Note: The MULTIPROCESS command applies only to remote debug mode.

The following diagram describes the syntax of the MULTIPROCESS command:

The following list describes the parameters of the MULTIPROCESS command:

PARENT: Indicates that z/OS Debugger continues with the current debug session; that is, z/OS Debugger follows the PARENT process.
CHILD: Indicates that z/OS Debugger stops debugging the current process and starts debugging the newly created process; that is, z/OS Debugger follows the CHILD process.
PROMPT: Indicates that the remote debug GUI prompts you to decide whether to follow the PARENT or CHILD process.
EXEC=ANY: Indicates that z/OS Debugger debugs any process that is reinitialized by the exec() function.
EXEC=NONE: Indicates that z/OS Debugger does not debug a process that is reinitialized by the exec() function. If you do not specify the EXEC option, the default setting is EXEC=NONE.

Examples

Specify that z/OS Debugger follows the PARENT process and debugs the new process that is created by the exec() function.
```
EQAXOPT MULTIPROCESS,PARENT,EXEC=ANY
```
Specify that z/OS Debugger follows the CHILD process and does not debug the new process that is created by the exec() function.
```
EQAXOPT MULTIPROCESS,CHILD,EXEC=NONE
```
Specify that you are prompted to choose whether to follow the PARENT or CHILD process and z/OS Debugger does not debug the new process that is created by the exec() function.
```
EQAXOPT MULTIPROCESS,PROMPT
```