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DEV Command

The DEV command controls and obtains the status of devices in the spooler

subsystem.

Authorized users can use the DEV command to delete a device from the spooler or to

add to the spooler a new device that was configured at system generation but was not

included in the spooler coldstart.

Refer to the Guardian System Operations Guide for a description of these tasks as well

as information on device states and default attributes.

All users can obtain the status of any device as well as perform some of the control

subcommands.

$device

names the device to which the subcommands refer. All the subcommands except

STATUS and XREF require that this parameter be included. The first character of

the device name is always $ unless it is a remote process where \system can

precede $device.

subcommand

is one of the subcommands described below. If subcommand is not specified,

STATUS is assumed. See Table 3-8 for a list that shows which subcommands are

valid in which DEV states.

ALIGN

prints on the specified device a page containing the device form alignment

template (a measured ruler line). This enables you to see how many

characters to a line the device can print, as well as to verify the paper

alignment and print quality. ALIGN assumes HEADER OFF and TRUNC ON.

The align template is truncated to the device-width setting if WIDTH is set

to less than 132. A header is never printed with the align template.

The align template appears as JOB 0 in the device queue, scheduled as the

next job to print. The align job will print even when the device is offline. If

another job is currently printing, the align template will print after the current job

finishes.

CHARMAP [ NONE | IBMKANJIKANA | JEFKANJIKANA | JISKANJIKANA ]

indicates whether a multibyte character-set translation is required and, if so,

what type of printer is being used.

DEV [ $device ] [ , subcommand ] ...