Spooler Plus Utilities Reference Manual

Spoolcom

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Running Spoolcom Interactively

To run Spoolcom interactively, do not specify Spoolcom commands in the command

line when starting Spoolcom. Spoolcom displays its program banner, copyright

message, and the Spoolcom prompt, which is the close parenthesis character, “)”.:

Entering Spoolcom Commands

A Spoolcom command consists of a command word sometimes accompanied by a

parameter; it can be followed by one or more subcommands. The command and its

parameter are separated from the subcommands by commas. Subcommands are also

separated from each other by commas.

For example, to specify the report name TAL COMPILE for job number 1635, enter the

following Spoolcom command:

JOB is the command, and the parameter 1635 indicates that job number 1635 is being

referred to. To change the job report name, you must put the job in the HOLD state.

Use the subcommand REPORT to specify the report name TAL COMPILE for the job.

(The spooler converts all keyed input to uppercase letters.) After changing the report

name, use the subcommand START to put the job back in the device queue. (In the

comparable statement in Peruse, the HOLD and START of a job are invisible to the

user.)

Spoolcom allows you to enter commands affecting a job, a collector, or any other

spooler component on a single line or on separate lines. However, each command line

must be complete. For example, to enter the above subcommands on three separate

lines, you must repeat the command JOB and the parameter 1635 on each line:

)JOB 1635, HOLD

)JOB 1635, REPORT TAL COMPILE

)JOB 1635, START

These three commands have the same effect as the single command line shown

earlier. In fact, each subcommand can be viewed as a separate command. Each

subcommand is processed left to right, with each being completely processed before

the next subcommand is executed. The only exception to this is the DRAIN

subcommand, because it can take some time for a component to completely drain.

SPOOLCOM - T9101D41 - (05MAY97) SYSTEM \EAST

)

T9101D41 is the version of Spoolcom.

(05MAY97) is the release date for this version of Spoolcom.

\EAST is the system Spoolcom is running on.

)JOB 1635, HOLD, REPORT TAL COMPILE, START