Spooler Plus Programmer's Guide

Introduction to the Spooler Plus Subsystem
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Spooler States
names will cause the affected components to fail. When starting multiple spooler
subsystems, monitor the spooler error log file (usually $0, the event log file for
operator messages) for reports of process creation errors that indicate that the
specified collector or print process could not be started because the name given
was already in use.
Spooler States
During its life, the spooler cycles through the five states shown in Figure 1-2.
Figure 1-2. Spooler Life Cycle
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You can
set and
modify
attributes
COLD
Declare and initialize
collectors and print
processes
SPOOLER
START
WARM
SPOOLER
START
SPOOLER
DRAIN
ACTIVE
DRAIN
Create another
supervisor
DORMANT
Spooler has
finished draining