CONNECT - reconnect to your userid in TSS.

Syntax:

connect octal-line-id

Examples:

conn 5310

Description:

If you lose your line to TSS for any reason other than a central system failure, the CONNECT command allows you to continue what you were doing without losing any work.

If your line drops, or if you disconnect with a control-y on an ASCII terminal, TSS will "keep you around" for up to 10 minutes. If the Datanet (front-end network processor) crashes disconnecting all users, TSS will wait until the Datanet is working again before applying the ten minute rule.

Normally, when you sign back on after disconnecting or after being disconnected, the program which signs you on will perform the CONNECT for you. However, if there is more than one disconnected line with your userid, or if you specified the "-Reconnect" option at sign-on time, you may want to use the CONNECT command yourself, unless you disconnected because a program was in an unbreakable loop.

If the line-id to which you attempt to connect is not a disconnected line, CONNECT denies your request with the message "NOT CURRENTLY IN HOLD".

Known Bugs:

You cannot connect to a terminal whose type is different from the one at which the disconnect occurred. For example, you cannot connect to a remote computer line after disconnecting from a normal line, or vice-versa. If you try it, you will be given the misleading message "NOT CURRENTLY IN HOLD".

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