spawn() Netscript Function

spawn(script, numThreads[, args...])
RAM cost:

2 GB

Arguments:
  • script (string) – Filename of script to execute
  • numThreads (number) – Number of threads to spawn new script with. Will be rounded to nearest integer.
  • args... – Additional arguments to pass into the new script that is being run.

Terminates the current script, and then after a delay of about 10 seconds it will execute the newly-specified script. The purpose of this function is to execute a new script without being constrained by the RAM usage of the current one. This function can only be used to run scripts on the local server.

Warning

Running this function with a numThreads argument of 0 or less will cause a runtime error.

Example:

spawn('foo.script', 10, 'foodnstuff', 90); // "run foo.script foodnstuff 90 -t 10" in 10 seconds.