(Kept debugger only.) When you specify a process, the CONNECT command enables you to interrupt an image that is running without debugger control in that process and bring the process under debugger control. The command is useful if, for example, you run a debuggable image with the DCL command RUN/NODEBUG, or if your program issues a LIB$SPAWN Run-Time Library call that does not start the debugger. You can connect to a process created through a $CREPRC system service call only if you specify LOGINOUT.EXE as the executable image. Depending on the version of the debugger you are running on your system, you may be restricted to connection with processes you created, or you may be able to connect to processes created by any member of your user identification code (UIC) group. (In some cases, you may have to set the SYSGEN SECURITY_POLICY parameter to 8 before you create the process.) If debugger logicals (DEBUG, DEBUGSHR, DEBUGUISHR, DBGTBKMSG, DBG$PROCESS, DBG$HELP, DBG$UIHELP, DEBUGAPPCLASS, and VMSDEBUGUIL) exist, they must translate to the same definitions in both the debugger and the target process. The code in the image must be compiled with the /DEBUG qualifier and the image must be linked with either /DEBUG or /DSF. The image must not be linked with the /NOTRACEBACK qualifier. When the process is brought under debugger control, execution of the image is suspended at the point at which it was interrupted. When you do not specify a process, the CONNECT command brings any processes that are waiting to connect to your debugging session under debugger control. If no process is waiting, you can press Ctrl/C to abort the CONNECT command. By default, a tracepoint is triggered when a process is brought under debugger control. This predefined tracepoint is equivalent to that resulting from entering the SET TRACE/ACTIVATING command. The process is then known to the debugger and can be identified in a SHOW PROCESS display. You cannot use the CONNECT command to connect to a subprocess of a process running under debugger control.Use the SET PROCESS command to connect to such a subprocess. Related commands: DISCONNECT Ctrl/Y (SET,SHOW,CANCEL) TRACE Using the CONNECT Command to Debug the OpenVMS Operating System (Alpha and Integrity servers only) You can use the CONNECT command to debug Alpha or Integrity servers operating system code with the OpenVMS System Code Debugger (SCD). This capability requires two systems, one called the host and the other called the target. The host and target must be running the same operating system (Alpha or Integrity servers). The host is configured as a standard OpenVMS system, from which you run the debugger using DEBUG/KEEP, then enter the CONNECT command. The target is a standalone system that is booted in a special way that enables SCD. Communication between the host and the target occurs over the Ethernet network. For complete information on using the OpenVMS System Code Debugger, see the HP OpenVMS System Analysis Tools Manual.