Spooler Plus Utilities Reference Manual

Introduction to the Spooler Plus Subsystem
Spooler Plus Utilities Reference Manual—522294-002
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Broadcast and Nonbroadcast Groups
Location names have two parts: a group name and a destination name. The group
name is always preceded by the # character; for example, #LP and #HT. Examples of
full location names are:
#LP.LPEAST
#LP.LPWEST
#LP is a group name, and LPWEST and LPEAST are destination names.
Broadcast and Nonbroadcast Groups
If you specify only the group name as the location, the spooler supplies the destination.
If the group is a nonbroadcast group, then the spooler routes the job to the destination
that can print the job soonest. If the group is a broadcast group, then the job is routed
to all the destinations in the group and prints on all the devices associated with the
group.
For example, assume that the location name #LP.LPEAST is associated with a line
printer on the east side of the machine room, and #LP.LPWEST is associated with a
line printer on the west side of the machine room. If #LP is a broadcast group, then a
job routed to #LP prints on both line printers, and two copies of the job are printed. If
#LP is a nonbroadcast group, then the first available line printer prints the job and only
one copy of the job is printed. In either case, a job routed to #LP.LPWEST prints only
once on the line printer at the west end of the machine room.
Your system operator can tell you which locations are available to you, which print
devices are associated with those locations, and which groups are broadcast groups.
A printer can be connected to several locations, but each location is connected to no
more than one printer.
Default Routing
The spooler has a special location, #DEFAULT, which is used when you do not specify
a location for a job. For example, these two commands are equivalent; both send
TFORM output to $S.#DEFAULT:
1> TFORM / IN DAYREPRT, OUT $S/
1> TFORM / IN DAYREPRT, OUT $S.#DEFAULT /
Consult your system manager to determine which physical device or devices are
associated with #DEFAULT on your system.