bitburner-src/doc/source/netscript/basicfunctions/run.rst
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run() Netscript Function
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.. js:function:: run(script, [numThreads=1], [args...])
:param string script: Filename of script to run
:param number numThreads: Optional thread count for new script. Set to 1 by default. Will be rounded to nearest integer
:param args...:
Additional arguments to pass into the new script that is being run. Note that if any arguments are being
passed into the new script, then the second argument *numThreads* must be filled in with a value.
:RAM cost: 1 GB
Run a script as a separate process. This function can only be used to run scripts located on the current server (the server
running the script that calls this function).
If the script was successfully started, then this functions returns the PID
of that script. Otherwise, it returns 0.
.. note:: PID stands for Process ID. The PID is a unique identifier for each script.
The PID will always be a positive integer.
.. warning:: Running this function with a *numThreads* argument of 0 will return 0 without
running the script. However, running this function with a negative *numThreads*
argument will cause a runtime error.
The simplest way to use the *run* command is to call it with just the script name. The following example will run
'foo.script' single-threaded with no arguments::
run("foo.script");
The following example will run 'foo.script' but with 5 threads instead of single-threaded::
run("foo.script", 5);
This next example will run 'foo.script' single-threaded, and will pass the string 'foodnstuff' into the script
as an argument::
run("foo.script", 1, 'foodnstuff');