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nTag Identifiers

These three-digit numbers are used to identify fields. The three- digit number is used instead of a name to minimize use of disk space. The Dictionary file (ACC.DIC) provides the field names associated with each tag identifier.

nString Information

String information for record field values is stored inside braces (for example, {this is a string}). This allows spaces within strings and stores only the necessary characters of a string value. String fields for which no value is specified are stored as {}, instead of using blanks or the maximum field size.

nNew Records

New records are separated by a <CR> character to increase readability.

nSeparators

A typical record in any of the accounting files is a sequence of pairs of tag identifiers and field values separated by commas. The tag identifier and field value are separated by a colon.

Example

The following is an example of the format of an accounting file record:

1:3, 2:{this is a string}, <CR>

In this example, the record has fields identified by tags 1 and 2. Since these values don't use 3 digits for the tag identifier, spaces are stored instead, to provide consistency and simplicity while using only a small amount of extra space. In this example, the value for the field tagged 1 is the integer 3 and the value for the field tagged 2 is a string. The <CR> represents the carriage return character.

Accounting Files Description of Fields

This section includes examples of a job accounting file, a paper accounting file, and a status accounting file. Each example is followed

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