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:
Command Purpose or Effect
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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 (or login). This makes it faster to
resume editing, but uses more system resources.
o To check if there is a subprocess running, use the DCL command SHOW
PROCESS/SUBPROCESS.
o You cannot use ATTACH with the DECwindows interface.
o To execute a single DCL command uring your editing session, use the EVE
command DCL. For example, the command DCL DIRECTORY *.TXT puts a
directory list of files into a buffer in a second window. You can
remove or copy the directory list and insert it into another buffer.
Related topics:
DCL SPAWN SPELL