A process is said to have ODT status if it was initiated from an ODT, or if it is descended from a process initiated from an ODT. The exception to this rule is that processes initiated with the ??RUN (Run Code File) primitive system command do not receive ODT status, nor do the descendants of such processes.

Processes initiated from an ODT frequently run without a usercode and receive nonusercoded status, as discussed under Nonusercoded Status earlier in this section.

Regardless of whether it has a usercode, a process with ODT status is granted access to all GETSTATUS calls in DCALGOL. This access includes the privileged form of the GETSTATUS directory call. (The privileged form of this call can return information about directories stored under any usercode.)

Certain WFL statements are treated as privileged when submitted by a process with ODT status. For a list of these statements, and other conditions affecting their privilege status, refer to WFL Statements Executed with Privilege.