SNIFF identifies for the user any other detached/interactive jobs logged in under his/her user number on a DECSystem-20, and gives the user a(n) (interactive) means of (selectively) disposing of them. If the user does have detached job(s), then, for each job, SNIFF lists the number of the job, the program that the job is running, and whether the job is the current job (the last job that the user logged in) or a detached job. Then SNIFF enables the user to ATTACH to a detached job, to LOGOUT a detached job, or to leave the detached job(s) in their present state and continue with his job that is currently logged in. Several command options are supported if the user doesn't want to bother with each individual job but wants to just purge his other jobs from the system.