ATTACH
Attaches control to another process or subprocess. This suspends, but does
not end, your editing session. ATTACH does not create the other process or
subprocess.
Examples:
Commands Effects
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ATTACH Geoff_1 Attaches to a subprocess named Geoff_1. Process names
are case-sensitive and up to 15 characters. You
cannot use a numeric process ID.
ATTACH If you do not specify a process name, you attach to
the parent process. This is useful if you run EVE
in a subprocess as a "kept" editor.
Usage notes:
o Using ATTACH and SPAWN lets you keep an editing session active
throughout your entire VMS session. This makes it faster to resume
editing, but uses more system resources.
o To resume editing, enter the fg command.
o You cannot use ATTACH with the DECwindows interface. However, because
you can run other DECwindows applications concurrently or create
DECterm windows, you may not need to use ATTACH.
o Use the DCL command when you want to run a single system command or
utility during your editing session that does not generate continuous
output or that does not do its own screen management. For example, the
following command displays a list of files with the type .TXT:
Command: DCL DIRECTORY *.txt
You can then cut or copy the directory list and insert it into another
buffer. See help on the DCL command.
Related topics:
DCL SPAWN SPELL