NAME CreateProc -- Create a new process SYNOPSIS process = CreateProc( name, pri, seglist, stackSize ) D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 struct MsgPort *CreateProc(STRPTR, LONG, BPTR, LONG) FUNCTION CreateProc() creates a new AmigaDOS process of name 'name'. AmigaDOS processes are a superset of exec tasks. A seglist, as returned by LoadSeg(), is passed as 'seglist'. This represents a section of code which is to be run as a new process. The code is entered at the first hunk in the segment list, which should contain suitable initialization code or a jump to such. A process control structure is allocated from memory and initialized. If you wish to fake a seglist (that will never have DOS UnLoadSeg() called on it), use this code: DS.L 0 ;Align to longword DC.L 16 ;Segment "length" (faked) DC.L 0 ;Pointer to next segment ...start of code... The size of the root stack upon activation is passed as 'stackSize'. 'pri' specifies the required priority of the new process. The result will be the process msgport address of the new process, or zero if the routine failed. The argument 'name' specifies the new process name. A zero return code indicates error. The seglist passed to CreateProc() is not freed when it exits; it is up to the parent process to free it, or for the code to unload itself. Under V36 and later, you probably should use CreateNewProc() instead. INPUTS name - pointer to a null-terminated string pri - signed long (range -128 to +127) seglist - BCPL pointer to a seglist stackSize - integer (must be a multiple of 4 bytes) RESULTS process - pointer to new process msgport SEE ALSO CreateNewProc(), LoadSeg(), UnLoadSeg()