Spooler Programmer's Guide

Introduction to the Spooler Subsystem
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Spoolcom
Spoolcom
The Spoolcom utility allows you to declare and initialize collectors and print processes,
define and modify the routing structure, control the printing of jobs, and obtain the
status of any component of the spooler. You can run Spoolcom from a terminal to
translate your commands into messages to the spooler supervisor, which carries out
your instructions. You can enter Spoolcom commands either interactively from a
terminal or from a command file, which you specify by using the IN option of the
Spoolcom command. Spoolcom performs its work by calling the spooler utility
procedures, which can also be used by programmers who want to control the spooler
from their programs. The complete syntax and considerations of Spoolcom appear in
the Spooler Utilities Reference Manual.
An overview of a spooler subsystem is shown in Figure 1-1, which includes the spooler
utilities: Peruse, Spoolcom, Font, and RPSetup. By using print and spooler
procedures described in this manual, you can write an application that performs some
or all the functions of these utilities.