Spooler Programmer's Guide

Introduction to the Spooler Subsystem
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Job States
Job States
The status of a job is described by its state. At any time, each job in the spooler
subsystem is in one of several states, shown in Figure 1-6.
Different Spoolcom JOB subcommands are valid in different job states. The state of a
job determines which Spoolcom commands are valid. Refer to the Spoolcom JOB
command in the Spooler Utilities Reference Manual for a description of the JOB
subcommands to use in which job states.
Figure 1-6. Job States
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PRINT
User puts
job on hold
Job waits
in device
queue
READY
OPEN
Job finishes
spooling
Job enters
spooler
You can modify
attributes with
SPOOLCOM
HOLD
Spooler deletes
printed job
If holdafter
flag is set