Spooler Plus Utilities Reference Manual

Using FASTP
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Creation
Creation
The default location for the file is $SYSTEM.SYSTEM.FASTCNFG. If a product-specific
version of the FASTP print process is looking for a FASTCNFG file, it expects the file
name to be $SYSTEM.SYSTEM.FASTCNFG unless the file name is explicitly defined
with the following DEFINE statements:
SET DEFMODE ON
ADD DEFINE = FASTCNFG,FILE $volume.subvolume.file-ID
A spooler subsystem uses the information in a DEFINE statement only after the
subsystem is started. Therefore, if a spooler subsystem was started before the
DEFINE statement was executed, you must stop and restart the entire subsystem.
Redirection
A FASTCNFG file can redirect a product-specific version of the FASTP print process
from one FASTCNFG file to another. The primary FASTCNFG file is
$SYSTEM.SYSTEM.FASTCNFG (or the file specified in TACL DEFINE commands). A
print process can be redirected to one or two subordinate files.
Security
A FASTCNFG file usually contains information that should not be accessible to all users.
A file can be secured with one or both of the following mechanisms:
•
Guardian file-access attributes
•
Safeguard protection
For more information about file security, refer to the following manuals:
•
Guardian Procedure Calls Reference Manual
•
Safeguard Administrator’s Manual
The file must be secured for read access by the FASTP print process.
Alteration
Device information can be added to, deleted from, or changed in a FASTCNFG file at
any time. However, updated information for a device becomes effective only after a
product-specific version of the FASTP print process controlling the device reads the
information.
The first time FASTP opens a device, it reads the primary FASTCNFG file and saves
the file timestamp and the information in the configuration entry for the device. Each
time the print process opens that device, it checks the timestamp for the primary
FASTCNFG file again. If the file has been updated, the print process reads the
information in the configuration entry for the device and updates its own timestamp and
configuration information for this device.