# Source: https://github.com/go-delve/delve/blob/master/Documentation/usage/dlv_attach.md

## dlv attach

Attach to running process and begin debugging.

### Synopsis

Attach to an already running process and begin debugging it.

This command will cause Delve to take control of an already running process, and
begin a new debug session.  When exiting the debug session you will have the
option to let the process continue or kill it.


```
dlv attach pid [executable] [flags]
```

### Options

```
      --continue                 Continue the debugged process on start.
  -h, --help                     help for attach
      --waitfor string           Wait for a process with a name beginning with this prefix
      --waitfor-duration float   Total time to wait for a process
      --waitfor-interval float   Interval between checks of the process list, in millisecond (default 1)
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --accept-multiclient               Allows a headless server to accept multiple client connections via JSON-RPC or DAP.
      --allow-non-terminal-interactive   Allows interactive sessions of Delve that don't have a terminal as stdin, stdout and stderr
      --api-version int                  Selects JSON-RPC API version when headless. The only valid value is 2. Can be reset via RPCServer.SetApiVersion. See Documentation/api/json-rpc/README.md. (default 2)
      --backend string                   Backend selection (see 'dlv help backend'). (default "default")
      --check-go-version                 Exits if the version of Go in use is not compatible (too old or too new) with the version of Delve. (default true)
      --headless                         Run debug server only, in headless mode. Server will accept both JSON-RPC or DAP client connections.
      --init string                      Init file, executed by the terminal client.
  -l, --listen string                    Debugging server listen address. Prefix with 'unix:' to use a unix domain socket. (default "127.0.0.1:0")
      --log                              Enable debugging server logging.
      --log-dest string                  Writes logs to the specified file or file descriptor (see 'dlv help log').
      --log-output string                Comma separated list of components that should produce debug output (see 'dlv help log')
      --only-same-user                   Only connections from the same user that started this instance of Delve are allowed to connect. (default true)
```

### SEE ALSO

* [dlv](dlv.md)	 - Delve is a debugger for the Go programming language.