SPOOLER

 

SHOW

For information about this parameter, refer to SHOW for the

 

Status option.

Operation Notes

Usage

You can enter this command from a session, a job, a program, or in break mode. Except for the status option, pressing 4Break5 does not a￿ect this command.

You can only enter this command from the console; ho wever, you can enter this command from y our terminal if y our system administrator has used the ALLOW command to enable you to enter the command.

Anyone can use the status option; ho wever, all other options are only available to console users or allo wed users.

Selective device errors

This command a￿ects more than one process if applied to all devices in a class. Consequen tly, errors can occur for some of the devices, but not others.

For example, class LP consists of LDEVs 6, 11, and 19, and a spooler process already owns LDEV 11. The command SPOOLER LP;START would create and activate spooler processes for LDEVs 6 and 19, but w ould also generate the message DEVICE 11 IS ALREADY SPOOLED.

Example

To show the status of device name LP, enter:

:SPOOLER LP;SHOW

LDEV

DEV

SPSTATE

QSTATE

OWNERSHIP

SPOOLID

6

LDEV6

IDLE

OPENED

OUT SPOOLER

 

14

LDEV14

*SUSPEND

OPENED

OUT SPOOLER

#0237

15

LDEV15

ACTIVE

OPENED

OUT SPOOLER

#O264

19

LDEV19

 

OPENED

NO SPOOLER

 

The asterisk beside LDEV14 indicates that theSUSPEND state is pending.

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