PRINT

The following poin ts apply to this parameter:

If ￿lename has embedded carriage-control c haracters ( CCTL), PRINT inserts a blank in place of the CCTL in the out￿le .

New ￿les are created as TEMP.

File equations are ignored unless an asterisk ( *) precedes out￿le , indicating a backreference.

You must use a ￿le equation to o verwrite a permanent ￿le. Supports HFS ￿le names.

Operation Notes

Usage

You can enter this command from a session, a job, a program, or in break mode. Pressing 4Break5 aborts the execution of this command.

Batch print jobs

For batch jobs in which ￿lename defaults to $STDINX , some commands suc h as :EOD, EOF, JOB, EOJ, and DATA do not execute as part of the original job when they follow the PRINT command.

For example, PRINT command reads all job input up to the :EOD line. At that point, the PRINT command is ￿nished and the remaining JOB stream commands are executed.

Examples

To send the contents of MYFILE to the line printer, XXX, enter:

:FILE XXX;DEV=LP

:PRINT MYFILE, *XXX

The ￿le XXX equates with the line prin ter. Then the ￿le MYFILE \prints" to the ￿le *XXX.

To use the PRINT command itself to create a ￿le, en ter the following lines from your terminal:

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