Library /sys$common/syshlp/eve$help.hlb ATTACH  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  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