Spooler Programmer's Guide

Contents

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1. Introduction to the Spooler

Subsystem (continued)

Print Process Attributes 1-13

1. Introduction to the Spooler Subsystem (continued)

Print Process States 1-14

Independent Print Processes 1-15

Devices 1-16

Device Attributes 1-16

Device States 1-19

Declaring and Initializing Devices 1-20

Virtual Devices 1-21

Device Ownership 1-21

Device Queues 1-21

Routing Structure 1-22

Locations 1-22

Connecting Devices and Locations 1-22

Jobs 1-23

Job Attributes 1-23

Job States 1-24

Job Numbers 1-25

Occurrences of Jobs 1-25

Controlling Jobs 1-26

The Spooler and Batch Jobs 1-26

2. Using the Spooler Interface Procedures

External Declarations for Spooler Interface Procedures 2-2

Levels of Spooling From an Application Program 2-2

Opening a File to a Collector

2-3

Summary of Spooling From an Application Program

2-4

COBOL Spooling 2-14

COBOL Spooling—Level 1

2-14

COBOL Spooling—Levels 2 and 3 2-14

Spooling From a NonStop Process Pair

2-17

Use of Sync Depth

2-17

Spooling—Levels 1 and 2 2-17

Spooling—Level 3

2-25