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BACKWARDS

Reopen the next available lower-numbered session
The BACKWARDS command reopens the next available, lower-numbered session
already established at your port. Use the SHOW SESSIONS command to display
information about active sessions, including their session numbers.
N o t e s
The terminal server assigns a number to each session you establish. The server records
these session numbers in a rotating list for use by the FORWARDS and
BACKWARDS commands. Therefore, when the lowest-numbered session is current,
using the BACKWARDS command reopens the highest-numbered session. When only
one session is active at a port, the BACKWARDS command reopens that session.
In a Multisessions environment, the BACKWARDS command reopens the next lower-
numbered session that does not already appear in a window. See Chapter 5 for more
information about how the MULTISESSIONS characteristic affects the BACKWARDS
command.
If you have defined a backward switch character, you can reopen the next available
lower-numbered session from within the current session, rather than from the terminal
server command interface. See Chapter 2 and the SET PORT command in this chapter
for more information about the backward switch character.
Syntax
BACKWARDS
Abbreviation
B
Example
A user whose current session is session 2, enters the BACKWARDS command to
reopen session 1. First, the user enters the SHOW SESSIONS command to display all
active sessions, and check the number of the current session.
TS3395> show sessions
Port 12: charlie
- Session 1: Connected
- Session 2: Connected
- Session 3: Connected
The display shows that session 2 is current. Now the user reopens session 1.
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Service Mode
Interactive
Interactive
Interactive
BACKWARDS
Current Session 2
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