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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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