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EVE ATTACH — VMS 5.0

 ATTACH

 Attaches to another process or subprocess.  This suspends, but does not
 end, your editing session.  ATTACH does not create the other process or
 subprocess.

 Examples:

    Command           Purpose or 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).

 o  Using SPAWN and ATTACH commands, you can keep an editing session active
    throughout your entire VMS session (or login).  This makes it faster to
    resume editing, but uses more system resources.

 o  To execute a single DCL command, use the EVE command DCL.  For example,
    DCL DIRECTORY/COLUMN=4 *.TXT spawns a subprocess for the DIRECTORY
    command and puts its output (the directory list of files) in a buffer
    in a second window.  You can remove or copy the directory list and
    insert it in another buffer.

 Related topics:

    DCL    SPAWN    SPELL

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